At nearly two o'clock in the afternoon, Yu Zhiming spent nearly 20 minutes doing a detailed examination of the body and craniopharyngioma of the nearly 60-year-old patient named Chu who came from the island country.
As for Dr. Sakurada, Gu Qingran sent him directly to the hotel to rest, and Yu Zhiming would not meet her until the evening banquet.
After three o'clock in the afternoon, Yu Zhiming, at the request of Dr. Liu Yun, performed a physical examination on the young woman who had undergone a uterine transplant.
After more than a month of recovery, the woman's transplanted uterus had a menstrual period a few days ago.
Although the amount of menstruation is very small, which can be described as better than nothing, it is an initial signal that the uterus is recovering well, functioning well and normal.
After careful examination, Yu Zhiming concluded that the woman with the transplanted uterus should rest and recover for one month before she can prepare for in vitro fertilization.
Of course, this preparation time will not be short, it will take at least two or three months.
However, this was enough to make the woman who had the uterus transplanted and her mother very excited.
According to domestic and foreign empirical data, after a uterus transplant, it takes about a year for the body to recover and prepare for pregnancy.
Due to various factors, the success rate of IVF in a transplanted uterus is quite low.
Also, if pregnancy has not been successful two or three years after the uterus transplant, the newly transplanted uterus will be removed to completely eliminate the damage caused by rejection to the body.
Being able to prepare for pregnancy a few months earlier is equivalent to two more opportunities for IVF for a woman with a uterus transplant, giving her more chances of success.
When the uterine transplant woman and her mother left the soundproof examination room, Dr. Liu Yun stayed.
"Dr. Yu, do you know that about one in every five hundred women suffers from uterine infertility, which means that she is born without a uterus or cannot get pregnant normally due to uterine dysplasia or lesions. Uterine transplantation is the only solution."
"With our country's huge population base..."
Yu Zhiming interrupted rudely: "Dr. Liu, if you have anything to say, please say it directly. There are still many people waiting for me to do a physical examination in the corridor outside?"
Liu Yun was a little depressed after being urged, but she was facing Yu Zhiming, so she had to hold back her depression no matter how great it was.
"Dr. Yu, the current limiting factor in uterine transplant surgery is not the surgery itself, not organ donation, not the high cost of surgery and post-operative procedures and pregnancy preparation, but the extremely low success rate of IVF."
Liu Yun said quickly: "Currently, countries around the world are conducting research on uterine transplant surgery."
"Over the years, there must have been hundreds of operations. But as of now, there are no more than 20 cases of successful pregnancy."
Is this success rate one in ten or twenty? This ratio is indeed a bit low.
Not to mention the suffering and the expense of so much money, the chance of successful pregnancy is so low.
Naturally, there are very few people who have the courage to try.
Yu Zhiming raised his eyelids and looked at Liu Yun, and heard her continue: "Dr. Yu, Dr. Xizhen and I want to jointly promote the research on uterine transplantation and increase the chance of successful pregnancy with transplanted uterus. We need your strong participation."
Yu Zhiming frowned and declined: "Dr. Liu, I'm very busy at work, but I don't have that much time..."
Liu Yun quickly introduced: "Dr. Yu, there are only two areas where you need to take action in this research project."
"The first is the physical examination, and the second is the embryo transfer of in vitro fertilization, which you are best at."
She then continued: "As our project progresses, it will be good if we can perform one uterine transplant operation in a month, and it won't take up much of your time."
One operation per month means that a physical examination and embryo transfer will be performed on one person every month.
At this time, there is still time to squeeze in.
For those women with physical disabilities who want to give birth to their own children, to increase the country's fertility rate...
Yu Zhiming, whose consciousness had improved, nodded slightly and said: "Okay, I'm participating."
"but……"
Yu Zhiming warned: "I need to speak up front. I have the right to withdraw at any time."
A smile broke out on Liu Yun's face and she said: "Okay, no problem, we don't dare to force you to work."
"Dr. Yu, I won't take up your time."
"Hey, Doctor Liu, wait a minute..."
Dr. Yu suddenly stopped Liu Yun, who was turning around to leave, and said, "I have seen a similar scene in many science fiction works, which is to use technological means to artificially breed the next generation in batches of dozens or hundreds."
"Research artificial wombs directly to solve the problem once and for all and free women from the pain of childbirth."
Yu Zhiming thought of another point and said: "If the research on this artificial womb is successful, even if one day most people are unwilling to have children, the country will not have to worry about aging and the next generation, and can build factories to produce children."
Liu Yun twitched the corner of her mouth and said, "Dr. Yu, the research on this artificial uterus involves biological materials, modern technology and many other fields. It requires a large multi-disciplinary R&D team, which is much beyond my ability."
"How about, Dr. Yu, you take the lead in doing this?"
Yu Zhiming shook his head hurriedly and said: "How can I have the time and energy? I'll talk about it later."
Liu Yun turned around and took a step, then stopped and said, "Dr. Yu, this artificial womb research not only involves ethics, but also involves many social issues."
"Just think about it and mass-cultivate babies like a factory. The country will not allow such research to be done privately."
Yu Zhiming chuckled and said: "Dr. Liu, thank you for reminding me. You are worrying too much. Even if you have the intention, I don't have the research and development capabilities. I am just more hands-on."
Liu Yun thought so too.
Yu Zhiming explores the body and diagnoses and treats diseases like no one else, but his shortcomings are also very obvious, including weak medical theory and insufficient research and development capabilities.
Even in research and development projects, Yu Zhiming's role is indispensable. In essence, he plays the role of a tool. He has to rely on others for work such as data extraction and theoretical analysis...
Yu Zhiming worked until six o'clock in the evening before completing today's work.
He walked out of the examination room and found Su Tong waiting outside.
"Is something wrong?"
Su Tong Yingying smiled and said: "The pregnant woman and the fetus who underwent intrauterine interventional surgery are recovering well. I will escort her back to Jinling Drum Tower Hospital tomorrow morning."
"I came over to say goodbye to you."
She then said, "Teacher Xi is going to cooperate with Dr. Liu Yun from your center on uterine transplantation research. I should come back after a while."
Yu Zhiming said oh without much reaction.
He has put aside the past incident. Whether Su Tong comes or not does not have much impact on him...
Back in the soundproof office, Yu Zhiming was preparing to get off work while listening to Zhou Mo's report.
"The little girl's heart deformity correction surgery was successful. Zhao Fang is on her way to Yiyuan Restaurant."
Yu Zhiming said softly.
Zhou Mo added: "Dr. Qin Jingmo has also arrived and is communicating with Dr. Sakurada in the hotel."
After a pause, she continued: "Dr. Yu, there is one more thing I need to tell you. Dr. You Weixian somehow found out about Dr. Sakurada's visit to Binhai and the hotel where he stayed."
"Now he is also communicating with Dr. Sakurada in the hotel."
this……
Yu Zhiming just frowned.
The previous cooperation between him and Dr. You Weixian was quite good, but because he switched jobs and went to Jingcheng Hospital, they no longer cooperated and had no contact with each other.
He pondered and said, "Dr. Sakurada is just our guest. We have no right to decide who she doesn't want to see."
"However, in order to welcome Dr. Sakurada to the banquet tonight, there is no need for unrelated people to come..."
