Overpowered Resident Doctor

Chapter 439: Chapter 438: Double Standards

At 8:10 on Monday morning, Chen Yu, Qin Ying, Yan Feifan, and Yu Suye gathered in the director’s office of the trauma surgery department.

Chen Yu said with excitement in her voice, "Over a month of hard work and preparation, and the results are about to be revealed."

She clenched her fist, pumped it in the air, and shouted, "Success is ours today, everyone! Let’s crush it!"

Yan Feifan corrected her, "Director, we actually have to wait for the lab rat to recover for a while post-op. Only after running several tests on the new penis can we determine if it’s a success."

Chen Yu’s eyebrow twitched. She glared at the buzzkill and said angrily, "You just have to know everything, don’t you? If today’s surgery doesn’t go well, everything else will be for nothing."

"Besides, this design of ours..."

Qin Ying, who was standing to the side, corrected her again, "It’s Feifan’s design."

Chen Yu’s chest heaved. She quickly took a deep breath to suppress her emotions.

She ignored Qin Ying and looked at Yan Feifan, saying slowly, "Feifan, your design is theoretically sound."

"As long as today’s surgery is successful, even if the follow-up tests aren’t ideal, we can address problems as they arise and gradually perfect our procedure."

"Besides, we’re the first ones to pioneer this concept of yours. Once we have firsthand clinical data from the surgery..."

Chen Yu reminded them, "In the future, whether we’re applying for R&D funds from the health system or getting sponsorships from various social organizations, it’ll be much smoother."

She added pointedly, "Feifan, there are quite a few transgender organizations and groups in Western countries, and they have a lot of money."

Seeing Qin Ying about to speak again with a sarcastic look on her face, Chen Yu pointed a finger at her and barked, "Qin Ying, shut your damn mouth."

"I know what you’re going to say."

"I’m not going to fight Feifan for the academic credit. So what if I want to use this opportunity to make a little money for myself?"

"I’m in my late forties, pushing fifty. It’s about time I started planning for my kids and my life after retirement."

Qin Ying hadn’t expected her to be so brutally honest.

After a moment of shock, she asked in surprise, "Are you surrendering to your age? Admitting you’re getting old?"

"This doesn’t sound like you at all."

Chen Yu sighed. "I don’t have a choice but to admit it."

"I used to be able to recover from a full day of surgery after one night’s sleep. Now, it takes me two days to bounce back."

"In terms of research, I haven’t produced any results in the last year or two that I’m satisfied with, or that have any real value."

She met Qin Ying’s gaze and said, "Maybe in a few more years, I’ll be just like you, focusing my main energy on teaching and mentoring."

For once, Qin Ying’s voice was gentle as she tried to persuade her. "Your stamina and energy might be declining, but you’re at the peak of your experience."

"As long as you stay grounded and patient, this could be your prime time for producing academic achievements."

She pointed at Yan Feifan again. "Chen Yu, don’t let this kid intimidate you into backing down and losing your confidence."

"This kid’s a freak of nature. You can’t judge him by normal standards."

Yan Feifan scratched his head awkwardly. Being called a freak to his face by his own mentor was pretty embarrassing.

Chen Yu chuckled. "You’re not wrong. This kid really has put a lot of pressure on me."

She looked at Yan Feifan, then at Qin Ying, and smiled lightly. "Alright, I was just getting sentimental for a moment. I won’t let myself slack off until I reach retirement age."

After a pause, Chen Yu raised her voice slightly. "It’s about time. Let’s go get ready..."

「The lab rat’s phalloplasty began at 9:00 AM sharp in Trauma Surgery’s Operating Room 1.」

Yan Feifan was the lead surgeon for this operation, Chen Yu was the second, and Yu Suye and Qin Ying participated as surgical assistants.

Although Dr. Qin Ying’s right hand was not as flexible or precise as it used to be, her technical skill still surpassed that of an average attending physician. Bolstered by her experience and keen eye, she had a crushing advantage.

She was more than qualified to act as a surgical assistant.

With Dr. Qin’s assistance, Chen Yu made an incision at the base of the lab rat’s penile stump, separating the skin and muscle until the pubic bone was exposed.

Next, Chen Yu needed to grind a small articular socket into the center of the pubic bone.

To allow the penis to hang naturally and to improve the lab rat’s comfort when lying prone, they had abandoned less difficult rigid connection methods like inlaying, opting instead for a highly complex ligamentous joint connection.

Meanwhile, Yu Suye harvested two phalanges each from the lab rat’s longest second toes on both his left and right foot, taking the toe bones complete with all their joints and ligaments.

The lab rat had once offered to let them take more toe bones, an offer the surgical team had flatly refused.

After all, this was a clinical trial surgery. The more toe bones they grafted together, the greater the potential for complications.

Moreover, according to their calculations, the combined length of these four phalanges, plus the length of the lab rat’s penile stump, would total over seven centimeters.

This length was considered quite adequate.

Normally, the penis of a Chinese man in a flaccid state is between 5 and 10 centimeters long, with an average of 7.43 centimeters.

The erect length is typically between 9 and 16 centimeters, with an average of 13.08 centimeters.

The natural length of the lab rat’s reconstructed penis already met the average for Chinese men, so it wasn’t short by any means.

Of course, the length of the lab rat’s reconstructed penis wouldn’t increase much when erect.

After all, he only had a small section of his original corpus cavernosum remaining.

Yan Feifan had analyzed that if the guy’s reconstructed penis could achieve a successful erection, it would be just over 10 centimeters long, barely passing the minimum standard.

A normal man’s penis is typically twice its flaccid length when erect.

If a penis is less than 4 centimeters when flaccid and fails to reach 10 centimeters when erect, it falls into the medical category of "micropenis."

The correct way to measure this length is to first compress the fat over the pubic bone and measure from the pubic bone all the way to the tip of the penis.

While Dr. Chen Yu was busy grinding the articular socket on the pubic bone, the others had a moment of downtime. Yan Feifan brought up the matter of the twin sisters to Dr. Qin Ying.

"Teacher, while I don’t like the father’s choice, I can understand it to some extent, and I sympathize with his family’s situation."

"It’s just..."

Yan Feifan said, troubled, "If I take on the little girl’s case, I’ll feel a bit uneasy about it."

Qin Ying glanced up at Yan Feifan. "Why get so hung up on it? Just forget everything that happened before."

"Let me ask you this: if an identical patient came to the hospital, would you take the case or not?"

Yan Feifan thought for a moment and said, "Teacher, I probably would."

"Feifan, you’re just being sentimental."

Chen Yu, busy with her work, also chimed in, "You’ve got some fame now, so you have the luxury of choosing your patients."

"Most doctors don’t have a choice. No matter what kind of patient they encounter, they have to take the case and treat them."

"Now, on top of selecting patient types, you’re adding a moral standard. What’s next, are you going to create a review form?"

Yan Feifan said sheepishly, "Director, I wouldn’t go that far."

Chen Yu snorted lightly and asked, "Let me ask you, if that father chooses your charity fund, are you telling me you’d just quietly treat his daughter and not use it for any publicity?"

Yan Feifan froze for a second, then said with some shame, "I’d definitely use it for publicity through short videos and other social media channels."

"After all, the charity fund needs a certain amount of exposure."

Yan Feifan said self-reproachfully, "I’m being a massive hypocrite."

"Teacher, Director, I know what to do now..."