Two young doctors stood by, waiting for his explanation.
"Look at this," Dr. Jin circled on the 3D reconstruction image with the cursor, "severe scoliosis, Cobb angle of seventy-eight degrees. The patient is fifteen, a girl, right in her growth and development phase. Without intervention, her thoracic development will be restricted and her heart and lung functions will be affected, shortening her expected lifespan."
A young doctor asked, "Director, can surgery be performed at such an angle?"
Dr. Jin looked up at him: "Yes, but conventional posterior corrections can't be used; it's too traumatic, causes too much blood loss, and has a high risk of complications. I plan to use Yang's osteotomy technique combined with segmental internal fixation to complete the correction in one procedure."
The young doctor hesitated: "Yang's osteotomy? Director, isn't this too risky? A slight mishap could damage the spinal cord."
