Chapter 328 Robert the Red Nose
Professor Robert, forty-six years old, is at the peak of his career.
Tall and strong, he once won a medal in a bodybuilding competition in New York. He always has a shaved head, blond hair, blue eyes, a broad face, and a tall, eye-catching nose. His nose is relatively white and slightly red.
So everyone often calls him Robert the Red Nose privately. Sometimes he is gentle and a complete gentleman, and sometimes he has a bad temper, like an angry lion.
The high operating fees have made him appear on the list of the richest doctors in the United States all year round, and he accumulated wealth purely by practicing medicine. Compared with some former doctors who later changed their careers to invest in pharmaceutical factories and equipment to gain wealth, he reached the top of his wealth by performing surgeries alone.
According to the normal charges of New York Hospital for Special Surgery, the simple operation fee for each operation ranges from tens of thousands of dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars. If other expenses are included, a complete hospitalization operation costs more than one million dollars.
However, it is impossible to make an appointment through hospital channels. The limited quota every year is filled up the moment the appointment is opened.
If you want him to perform the surgery himself, the best way is to make an appointment from his private clinic and then have the surgery done at his private clinic.
Although it is called a clinic, it is actually a specialized hospital that can perform sports medicine surgeries at all levels. The surgical equipment and conditions inside are absolutely world-class.
Robert handed over the management of the clinic to a professional manager he could trust. He was only responsible for the surgeries, which saved him a lot of worries.
Here, patients pay high surgical fees and can be scheduled for surgery as soon as possible, but they still have to wait, with the average waiting time being three months.
Some patients who have a good personal relationship with Robert will have their operations moved forward, and the rest of the patients, no matter where you are from, will wait in the order of their appointment.
The clinic appointment fee is 20,000 US dollars, which is equivalent to the registration fee of 20,000 US dollars. It is useless to pay more, and it is useless to pay less, just 20,000 US dollars.
For surgeries performed in the clinic, the simple operation fee is calculated in millions of dollars. Of course, those who come to his private clinic for surgeries are not short of money.
Many international superstars in basketball, rugby, boxing, and golf in the United States have undergone his surgery. In the United States, every professional athlete, as long as there is no cost consideration, first consider Dr. Robert.
Robert's grandfather and father were also doctors at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. His grandfather was the founder of sports medicine at the hospital, and his father pushed the sports medicine at the hospital to the top. He is the third generation to practice medicine.
In the industry, he has a more precise title - Robert Jr., to distinguish his grandfather - Robert Sr., and father - Robert.
But as his father retired, it would not cause confusion to call him Robert, so everyone gradually began to call him Dr. Robert directly.
Robert sometimes used foul language and was like a lion when he was angry. His students privately teased him as Mr. Button.
A boxing champion once lost control of his emotions when he was seeing a doctor. He said in front of him: FUCK, can I have surgery in advance? I've had enough.
Professor Robert suddenly stopped the conversation, stood up and left, walked to the door and roared at the boxing champion: "Shit, either you will be obedient and enter the next round of appointments, or you will permanently lose the opportunity to become my client."
The boxing champion had to wait obediently for a few months. When he saw Robert again, his communication attitude was very good. There was no way, there were some surgeries that only he could do well, and no one wanted to retire early.
Therefore, there is a saying in the sports circle, you can offend your coach or the referee, but don't offend Robert the Red Nose.
Robert pursues celibacy and is now on his sixth lover. Three of his lovers have borne children for him and he is raising the children as a single mother.
Now, Robert is performing multi-ligament knee reconstruction for a veteran. With the approval of Dr. Yang Ping in China, he used the surgical method in Yang Ping's paper.
According to the new method, the operation went smoothly and the difficulty of the operation was reduced a lot. Robert had never had such an easy time doing similar operations.
In the past, before surgery, he would use various measurement templates to measure on magnetic resonance images, use CT and magnetic resonance to perform various reconstructions, and use 3D printing technology to print out a simulation model of the patient's knee joint, and then print it on Perform simulated surgery on the model to obtain data on the starting and ending points of the ligaments and tension.
Even so, the surgical process is extremely difficult, and the postoperative results are unsatisfactory. The initial stability is only sufficient for normal walking and a small amount of exercise, such as jogging, and the chance of returning to the competition is infinitely close to zero.
Robert gave this type of injury a name - "retirement polyplexy". Of course, this was just his personal behavior, and this name was not included in classic textbooks.
He believes that his name will one day be included in textbooks, just like a special triple injury of the elbow joint called the horrific triad.
Dr. Robert hummed, he was in a very good mood, and every step seemed relaxed. As he becomes more proficient in it in the future, the experience will be even more wonderful.
The first time he used the new method, Dr. Robert was very cautious and used it for more than four hours.
After the operation, he was now testing the front-to-back, inside-outside, and rotational stability of the knee joint with his bare hands. The effect was beyond his expectation. This kind of surgery could actually achieve this kind of effect. If he hadn't checked it in person, he wouldn't have believed it.
After finishing the examination, Robert laid the patient's lower limbs flat and patted the patient's knees excitedly: "It's great. This former navy lieutenant has received God's favor and made him the first patient of my new surgery. ”
The doctor took a few steps away from the operating table, twisted his buttocks, and started dancing in an open area of the operating room. "Doctor, is this your new surgery? The next Sports Medicine Annual Meeting will go crazy because of you." The assistant had never seen the red-nosed gentleman act so gloomy on the operating table.
Even in this situation, I would only twist a few times after taking off the surgical gown completely. Today, I started to twist uncontrollably even before I took off the surgical gown.
"Doctor, pay attention to sterility." the obese circulating nurse reminded.
Robert didn't care: "Jenny, the operation is over. Barrel is wrapping up. I won't go on stage anymore. Please don't interrupt my dance. This is impolite and can easily hurt the feelings between colleagues."
He actually took off his surgical gown while dancing, and then made a sexy move like a stripper, throwing the surgical gown and gloves into the trash can, blowing a kiss to everyone, and winking.
"Sir, what's wrong with you today? Do you need psychological counseling?" the equipment nurse shrugged.
Robert said mysteriously: "Don't talk to me, I have to go back to the office and will be back soon."
His team has been working together for more than ten years. Assistants, instrument nurses, circulating nurses, anesthesiologists and rehabilitation doctors are all exclusive to him. They not only complete the operations in the hospital but also in the clinic together.
Outside of work, they often gather together and often take their families on trips together. They have a great time. Everyone is used to this gentleman’s happy face, and is also used to his deep roar and swear words when he is angry. They are even more used to him changing his name for six consecutive years. A lover.
Robert was generous, and his team members followed him and became rich. Some of his assistants also grew into well-known sports medicine experts and opened their own clinics independently.
In the sports medicine community in the United States, Robert is a golden brand.
"Go back and use the KT2000 to test the stability of the ligaments, do a dynamic magnetic resonance imaging, and perform dynamic data analysis." Robert explained when he left.
Carmela, Robert's sixth live-in lover, is waiting for him in the office with little Andrew.
"My dear, did the operation go well? Judging from your expression, I already know the result." Carmela shook her long blond hair, and her long skirt wrapped around her plump body.
A five or six-year-old black child immediately ran forward and hugged Robert: "Dad--"
"Baby, let daddy hold him." Robert picked up the child with his thick arms and held it in front of his chest.
"Oh, I've grown taller again." Robert kissed the child.
Robert and Carmela do not have children for the time being. This black child is not Robert's child, but a child from an orphanage. His single mother was shot and killed in a school shooting while protecting students.
As charity volunteers, Robert and Carmela acted as his temporary parents, taking him out to play when they had time so that their children could experience the missing parental love.
When the child was three years old, he fell from an attic and injured his left knee, rupturing multiple ligaments. Because a child's surgery involves growth and development, it is more difficult than an adult surgery. Once it fails, it cannot be repaired. Robert has never taken out the surgery. Satisfactory surgical plan.
"He just had an MRI, and the pictures were put on this CD." Carmela took out the CD from her bag and handed it to Robert.
Robert put down the child and took the CD: "There is hope that his knee joint will be healed. Perhaps, a Chinese doctor can help him."
"That's great! But you can't do anything about it. How could other doctors do the surgery for him?" Carmela was surprised, excited but also a little disappointed. Maybe it was Robert's words to make the child happy.
"I'm not completely sure now. I want to take time to go to China. Before I go, I want to get Andrew's latest examination information, contact the Chinese doctor, and send it to him in advance to listen to his opinion." Robert is very happy. Confidence, but without seeing Yang Ping with his own eyes before the operation, he did not dare to draw the final conclusion.
"Dad, these books are very heavy." Little Andrew climbed onto the chair and went to get the medical books on the desk.
"Baby, be careful, that thing is too heavy." Robert picked up the book for the child and opened it for him to read.
"Dad still has surgery, baby, you and mom are playing here." Robert kissed Andrew.
Carmela and Robert hugged, Robert leaned down, and Carmela kissed his forehead: "Andrew stays at home these days, go home early, we are waiting for you, love you, my dear."
"Love you, my dear, I will make dinner for you tonight." Robert also kissed Carmela's forehead.
"Dad, you go to work, I want to take this book back."
Little Andrew read the book without looking back.
(End of chapter)