The patient selected by the community hospital was a 74-year-old man who was admitted to the hospital because of a severe "hunchback" and unbearable pain.

More than ten years ago, the other party had back pain from time to time, because he was a worker on the construction site when he was young, and he may have done too much physical work.

When it is severe, the pain is so bad that I can't straighten my waist.

Later, I went to a clinic near my home and was diagnosed with "osteoporosis", and the doctor recommended regular anti-osteoporosis treatment.

Family and friends say that osteoporosis is a common occurrence in old age, and almost everyone encounters it.

After all, aging is something that humans can't resist.

The human spine is like the pillar of a house, after a long time, the wind and sun, insects and ants bite, will it have to be "corroded and destroyed"?

No one can stay young forever. What's more, this uncle did manual work when he was young, and he overdrew his body.

Later, after taking medicine for a while, the pain was relieved, and the uncle didn't have so much motivation, sometimes he ate it, and sometimes he forgot it. Then I simply didn't bother to eat and stopped completely.

Because he felt healed.

Who knows, in recent years, especially after the age of seventy, there has been back pain, and the medicine recommended by the doctor does not work, sometimes the pain can only be taken painkillers, and then, he slowly found that his body is crooked to the right, and there is a hunchback.

Not long ago, the pain worsened, the painkillers didn't work, the back became more and more hunched, I couldn't sleep at night, and it became a problem to walk during the day, even with crutches.

So, accompanied by my family, I came to this community hospital.

After receiving the orthopedic surgeon, after a careful physical examination and combined with imaging data, it was found that the patient was a "degenerative scoliosis deformity", not only the spine was almost 60 degrees to the right, but also kyphosis, and even some vertebrae had fused together.

At the same time, the results of the bone density test indicated that the patient had severe osteoporosis.

In addition, the patient also has moderate Parkinson's disease, which further aggravates the condition. He often forgot to take his medication, perhaps because of Parkinson's disease.

However, osteoporosis is actually irreversible, which is the main reason why after his condition is serious, he goes to take medicine again, and it has little effect.

In other words, severe osteoporosis cannot be controlled by taking medicine at all.

No matter how much calcium tablets you eat, it won't help.

If the spine is not treated, the spine will be more crooked and painful, and in severe cases, the spine will be more crooked and painful, and in severe cases, the patient will have symptoms of nerve compression or even be unable to walk, and the risk of fracture will be greatly increased.

The only way to do this is spinal correction surgery.

If there is no advanced orthopedic special surgical robot of future medical equipment, this uncle's operation will be more troublesome and "troublesome", it is necessary to cut off the fused vertebrae first, and then amputate part of the vertebrae, reshape the spine and fix it, and the other party has Parkinson's disease, and the body is thin, and the operation needs to be carried out in 2 times. I didn't dare to do it for him all at once.

But now with this intelligent orthopedic surgical robot, it can be easily done at one time.

Although Murphy and Stephanie were not involved in the operation, they were still involved in the discussion.

Grace has been pondering and reviewing a lot of literature since receiving this surgery, and then she proposed the use of the proximal TCS oblique nail technique at the meeting.

As soon as this suggestion came out, even Murphy and Stephanie all lit up their eyes and agreed.

Proximal TCS diagonal nail technology is a very innovative new technology.

The traditional nail nail is to re-fix the severed bone, but the fixed bone is basically "monolithic", and the natural range of motion cannot be carried out, so after the operation is completed, a certain part of the patient will be relatively "stiff", which will affect the quality of life later.

The proximal TCS oblique nail technique preserves the original mobility between the bones to the greatest extent, which not only has a better treatment effect, but also avoids the recurrence of spinal tilt in the future.

However, there are not many doctors who can carry out this technology, and the difficulty of operation is very high, because the manpower is limited, and the oblique angle is more tricky, the requirements are very accurate, and it is not easy to exert force, and the slightest carelessness will cause other damage, or the nail is not perfect.

However, the combination of this technology and the Precede X orthopedic surgical robot from Future Medical Devices can instantly reduce the difficulty by 90%, which is a perfect match.

Because this robot can replace the doctor to hit nails, the robotic arm can rotate at will, and various angles are not a problem. Intelligent control, in terms of force control, can be set according to the needs of the parameters, so to speak, as much force as you want.

The upper limit of the design parameters can definitely meet any needs of human orthopedic surgery.

The nails punched by the robot are fast and accurate, not muddy, flawless, and can't find any faults.

In fact, not only this technology, but also many other ultra-difficult orthopedic surgeries, if combined with this surgical robot, can reduce the difficulty.

It can be said that it is a revolutionary change.

The doctors in the orthopedic department of the community hospital have their eyes lit up!

There is still this kind of play, which they didn't expect before. It was Grace who opened the door to their imagination, no, to be precise, it was this surgical robot of the future medical device company, it was this surgical robot designed by Dr. Zhou, which opened up unlimited application space for them.

At the first meeting, everyone understood the patient's condition and determined the general surgical idea.

At the second meeting, Nanako Chiba and Grace came up with a more perfect surgical plan.

To Grace's surprise, Nanako Chiba not only has expertise in drug research, but also has no weaker level in various surgical procedures than her, and is even more knowledgeable than her.

When everything was ready, Nanako Chiba and Grace worked together to complete this difficult operation.

Just three days after the surgery, the patient was able to "straighten his waist" again and walk smoothly.

It can be said that the first battle of the Precede X surgical robot dedicated to orthopedics was declared a success.

Subsequently, Nanako Chiba and Grace carried out several orthopedic surgeries in community hospitals, all of which were quite "silky".

Dean House became the first customer and placed an order for 5 units.

Osteoporosis is often overlooked compared to other diseases because of its insignificant onset and slow progression, but in fact, with the aging of many countries, the incidence of osteoporosis has jumped to one of the most common diseases in the world, bringing a heavy burden to patients.

Speaking of aging, Park so-joo is very emotional, because the town where her hometown is located has not had a new birth for three years. Then, not long ago, a child was born, the first newborn in three years, and not only the town, but the whole of Korea was very happy, and the prime minister personally sent his blessings and held a grand celebration banquet.

After Zhou Qiao heard about it, he immediately felt that he was making a contribution to mankind by giving birth to so many children. If possible, he will have more in the future.

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After Zhou Qiao and Luo Ya spent their vacation in Italy, they returned to Texas together to prepare for the gubernatorial election.

Zhou Qiao transferred a group of medical staff from Sequoia Tree Hospital and Baiyan Hospital, as well as advanced equipment, and pulled them with more than a dozen RVs, all of which were full of banners, and the entire convoy was like a mobile hospital.

Wherever Luo Ya went to give speeches and canvass for votes, he went to free clinics and provided free medical services to local people, including internal medicine, surgery, dentistry, ophthalmology, colonoscopy, prostate (prostate), diabetes, flu vaccine, and so on.

It is mainly for low-income groups, and of course, rich people will not be so cheeky to rub this free service, except for a few people.

Zhou Qiao also carries a snake-shaped minimally invasive surgical robot, which can cope with most of the simpler surgeries. If major surgery is required, the patient will be advised to visit the University Hospital of Houston at that time.

Or transfer to Sequoia Tree Hospital or White Rock Hospital. This is chosen by the patient himself, as major surgeries are not included in the free consultation.

At the same time, Zhou Qiao is also on the Internet, on various self-media accounts, to help Luo Ya publicize.

They also passed by Loya's uncle's house, the small town of Ellot.

The uncle's family received them warmly and prepared a sumptuous dinner for them.

This town is now developing very well, although the population is still sparse, only more than 2,200 people, but compared to when Zhou Qiao first came, the population is nearly 1,000 more.

Mainly, Luo Ya has invested in a small factory here, which is not large in scale, but it also brings some employment opportunities.

Revisiting the old place, Zhou Qiao and Luo Ya were very emotional.

Of course, in this town, most of the votes were cast for Loya.

As for Loya's grandmother, she has long since moved to a wine estate in Christe Mills County, lived with Loya, and took care of her four little babies, and has not been back for a long time.

The four little babies are now the treasures in the eyes of Luoya's grandmother, and they can't see enough every day.

In the small town of Erlot, the team led by Zhou Qiao naturally also carried out free clinics.

In this town, medical resources are very weak, and so far, there is still only one clinic for Luo Ya's uncle.

Although Luo Ya bought the whole town, and her uncle's family became much better, Luo Ya's uncle still did not choose to retire or close the clinic, but still continued to operate, conscientiously providing daily medical services to the residents of the town.

This town is indeed not too far from Houston, more than 100 kilometers away, and the highway can be direct, but there can't be a small cold and fever, so everyone can run to Houston, right?

The role of this clinic is still quite large, but the service is limited.

Therefore, after the arrival of the volunteer medical team, the residents of the town were very happy and lined up one after another to do various consultations and examinations.

Especially colonoscopy, everyone usually does relatively little, and hardly does it, so many people come to experience it.

Of course, for this examination, you need to come in advance to receive the "laxative", and then come to the examination after going home and cleaning it.

There's a funny, well, or sad thing, that one of the townspeople wanted to bring his father, who was in his seventies, to have a colonoscopy, and he thought he was healthy and very strong, but it didn't matter.

But seeing that everyone did it, it was free anyway, so he rubbed one.

The result was sad, his elderly father was very healthy, and he didn't find any problems, he was more miserable, and the colonoscopy report actually suggested: there was a bulge in the colon.

A further biopsy pathology report revealed that the bulge in his colon was early-stage bowel cancer.

"Oh my God~" The man almost collapsed.

He was naturally unacceptable in his heart, but the result was in front of him, and he had to believe it.

The family was also surprised, they never expected that they were usually so strong and did not have any physical discomfort, and such a "bomb" was buried in the colon.

It's a human life!

However, his wife comforted him: "Fortunately, I did it this time, I found out in advance, it was still early, and I was saved, but if it developed to an advanced stage, it would be even more miserable." ”

Thinking about it this way, it is indeed a thing to be thankful about.

"Dr. Zhou, what now? Can your volunteer team do this surgery? Accompanied by his wife, the patient came to find Zhou Qiao, a top famous doctor in North America, and was very apprehensive and hesitant.

They really can't, they have to go to Houston.

Who knows, Zhou Qiao smiled slightly and said, "It's no problem at all." ”

One of the motorhome fleets is a mobile operating room. The collocation of field hospitals, on the side of the East African base, also has more such configurations.

Besides, for such a simple operation, he also brought a snake-shaped minimally invasive surgical robot, no need to punch holes, no trauma can be seen from the outside, and a dexterous snake-shaped robotic arm, with a high-definition microprobe, drilled directly into the natural hole at the back, and it can be easily done.

The small operation can be called a live broadcast.

Because the RV was parked in the square, many people around heard that surgery had begun, or colon cancer, and they came to watch.

Of course, they couldn't see the patients lying on the operating table in the car, so they had to join in the fun outside. You can also stand on tiptoe and look through the window of the RV to see Zhou Qiao's operation next door to the operating room.

The control system of the surgical robot is outside the operating room, which is equivalent to a computer host, and Zhou Qiao operates on the patient through the door. There is a large screen above the control platform that can display the surgical field of view.

The advanced surgical robot has brought a very novel experience to the residents of the town.

Luo Ya's aunt also wants to get one and operate on everyone in the clinic in the future. But as soon as I asked about the price, I immediately gave up.

It's a full 800,000 US dollars, even if you have a relationship with Luo Ya, if you can get a preferential price, it is estimated that it will cost four or five hundred thousand.

There are one or two thousand people in the town, and there are not a few major surgeries in a year, and even if there are, they will go to the Great Hospital of Houston, and they will not choose your small clinic, and maybe, they will not be able to return to their original costs in their lifetime.

A proper loss-making business.

In addition, Luo Ya's uncle disagreed, and pulled his wife to say in private, don't look at Zhou Qiao's surgery, it's easy, it won't be done in half an hour, if you really want to replace me, even if there is such an advanced surgical robot, it will be difficult!

The surgical robot is just a tool, which can improve efficiency and provide various conveniences for the development of surgery, but the real decisive factor is the doctor's own medical skills.

Aunt Luo Ya listened to her husband's explanation, and said in her heart that she was also thinking about it. What level of her husband, she doesn't know yet? A small appendectomy is already remarkable.

Oncology surgery? That's still it. If everything is not clean, there will be endless troubles.

Zhou Qiao gave the townspeople popular science, the need to be regularly screened for colorectal cancer, and suggested that people over 50 years old should take the time to go for a colonoscopy once a year, regardless of men and women, whether there are symptoms or not, whether there is a family history of colorectal cancer, do not be too troublesome.

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