htmlJune 6 is "World Eye Protection Day". The key part of human eyes collecting focused light is the cornea. Keratopathy is a common blinding disease. There are about 10 million corneal patients in China, of which 3 million are blinded by corneal diseases, and 500,000 are added every year. Compromising corneal disease is an international problem that the ophthalmology community around the world has been studying since 1906. Among them, corneal transplant rejection has become a century-old problem that lies ahead of medical scientists. This problem was solved by a Chinese scientist.
He is Yao Yufeng, director of the ophthalmology department and doctoral supervisor of Run Run Shaw Hospital affiliated to Zhejiang University School of Medicine, a national moral model, winner of the Bethune Medal, and a good doctor in China. Over the past 20 years, he has treated 300,000 patients, and nearly 30,000 have been recovered from his surgery.
The wise technique is perfect, and the heart is towards light. Turning the impossible into possible, he turned the bleak days of countless people into radiant light.
The little boy who was almost blind,
When he grew up, he became an ophthalmologist
"Doctor! Please come! My son's eyeballs were knocked out!" The child was only 7 years old. After the trauma, the orbital membrane of his left eye was opened. The whole ball of fat in the eye socket overflowed into a ball of flesh hanging outside the eyelids, as if the eyeballs were knocked out, with blood on his face. The anxious father collapsed to the ground on the spot and muttered to himself: "The future of the child is ruined..."
"Don't panic! Surgery immediately!" The doctor judged that it was necessary to perform thorough debridement and suture as quickly as possible. The doctor immediately entered the nervous surgical steps... The operation was superb. Two weeks later, the child's vision miraculously returned to normal! Many years later, this 7-year-old boy who almost lost his light became a real ophthalmologist. He is Yao Yufeng.
Yao Yufeng and the patient. Data picture
"This special experience has planted gratitude and respect for the doctor in my young heart. I yearn for being an ophthalmologist who protects the light of patients with kindness when I grow up." Yao Yufeng said when recalling this past.
Because of his childhood trauma, he always recalled his father's desperate eyes when he saw the patient and his family: "I can better understand what a pair of eyes means to a family. The doctor gives me light, and I will continue to convey light!"
Yao Yufeng and the doctors checked together. Data picture
has troubled the world's corneal world for a century, and
was cracked by a Chinese ophthalmologist!
Keratoplasty is the most common cause and most complex manifestation among ophthalmic diseases. It is also regarded as a "poor disease". The proportion of diseases in developing countries is higher than that in developed countries. Many young and middle-aged people suffer from trauma and cause diseases. If they are not treated in time, they will only be able to remove their eyeballs if they are severe. There are many types of corneal diseases, with the initial diagnosis recognition rate of only 30-60%. Corneal diseases must not only be clinically good, but also proficient in nine fields such as viral, bacterial, mycology, immunology, and cytology. Therefore, the ophthalmic cornea major is also the most difficult to learn in ophthalmology. Many colleagues believe that the "cost-performance ratio" of corneal diseases is too low.
Yao Yufeng (right) and foreign colleagues jointly tackle the problem. Data picture
The effect of anterior chamber association immune bias on corneal transplant rejection is a world-class problem, and it must be "carved" in the endocardium layer that is only one tenth of the diameter of the hair. "I have tried almost all the ophthalmic equipment I can find in the world, and I used more than 3,000 guinea pigs. I always felt that I couldn't get over this hurdle, and I was frustrated and confused, and I felt a lot of shaken. Sometimes I wanted to continue, sometimes I felt that I couldn't forget it, and I was in that middle state."
Yao Yufeng was studying abroad. Data picture
However, he never stopped trying. If
999 failed, then try 3000 more times and start over! One more attempt can change the fate of thousands of patients! Hope finally revealed a glimmer of light at the end of the road. In May 1995, the world's first corneal transplant surgery performed with the latest dissection surgery was carried out by Yao Yufeng. The "Yao family method" solves the problem of rejection and restores transplant rejection to zero.The problem that has plagued the world's corneal world for a century has been solved by a Chinese ophthalmologist!
Screenshot of Yao Yufeng’s interview. Data picture
This means that the first time a Chinese name appeared in the history of corneal transplantation, which records major technological breakthroughs around the world.
This means that because his original "Yao method" retains the last layer of the endocardium of the patient's own corneal, it not only solves the problem of rejection, but also uses frozen donor corneas for transplantation, breaking through the limitation that the cornea can only be transplanted within 1 or 2 days, making it possible to effectively utilize more donors!
"unique secrets" were made public and patents were given free of charge.
he said, "I'm not afraid of teaching others"!
Yao Yufeng explained the Yao's method at the 2018 academic annual meeting of the Eye Science Branch of Zhejiang Medical Association. Data picture
The success of the "Yao Family Method" also means that as long as Yao Yufeng does not teach it, this method will always be his "unique secret".
But Yao Yufeng chose to make all the "secrets" public and gave many patents without compensation. Since 2009, with the support of Zhejiang Medical Association and Run Run Shaw Hospital, Yao Yufeng began to popularize the "Yao Law", holding two training classes every year, each training session is more than 500 people.
Xie Wenjia, chief ophthalmologist at Run Run Run Shaw Hospital, said: "Every year, there are the latest cases and achievements in the corneal disease training class, and he will tell everyone free of charge. The training class is very popular and it is very difficult to register. The doctors in charge of the study class often receive applications from 'even if there is no accommodation' when the class is about to open. Some people have come for several years. Gradually, I understand that with the spirit of doing my best to update and popularize knowledge, I can succeed in doing anything."
Yao Yufeng (right) repeatedly declined the invitation of Professor Strein (center), then director of the Institute of Ophthalmology at Harvard University in the United States, and resolutely returned to China. Data picture: The training class for
was over. Yao Yufeng almost alone trained more than 7,000 professional keratopathy talents for hospitals across the country, accounting for one-quarter of the total number of ophthalmologists in the country. Today, 15,000 blind people with keratopathy in the country benefit from "Yao's Law Knowledge".
"When entering the profession of doctor, the first lesson and the integration of blood is responsibility, which is related to the understanding of the meaning of life. Every link of treatment tests the doctor's knowledge, intelligence, perseverance, patience and awe of life, forcing you to learn endlessly." Yao Yufeng said, "I am not afraid to teach others. I should feel lucky to have so many colleagues help me share the medical tasks."
Yao Yufeng taught in the training class. Data picture
Light is one beam of light shining on another beam of light!
"Hello, Dear General Secretary Xi! I am extremely excited and grateful to you: Under the care of organizations at all levels of Jiangxi Province, Zhejiang Province, and Pingxiang City, the famous Professor Yao Yufeng successfully performed a difficult cataract surgery for me from Hangzhou to Pingxiang People's Hospital. Now, I can see it again and can read books again." Gong Quanzhen, who regained the light of
. Data picture
This is a letter sent to Beijing by Gong Quanzhen, the wife of "Farmer General" Gan Zuchang and a 96-year-old national moral model. With the help of Yao Yufeng, she had just regained her light.
This is not the first time that Yao Yufeng has performed a difficult cataract surgery on an elderly patient. In 2018, he performed cataract surgery on Huang Xuhua, the 93-year-old "father of China's nuclear submarine".
Screenshot of Yao Yufeng’s interview. Data picture: The surgery of
was very successful, and Huang Xuhua's vision recovered very well. Huang Xuhua, a year after the operation, said to the person who visited him: "We first arrived at Run Run Shaw Hospital last year. A year has passed in a flash. It's so fast! This year, my eyes have healed, and I keep reading various materials, manuscripts, notes, documents, newspapers, TV news... I want to read everything. Now I have enough eyes, but I don't have enough time!" Huang Xuhua and Yao Yufeng on the first day after the operation. Data picture
"Whenever the operation is successful, the patient is happy to see the light again after the gauze is unveiled. What I enjoy most as a doctor is this moment.Other professions face works, while the profession of doctors faces life. "Yao Yufeng said.
Nowadays, the fast-paced work of sleeping only 4 hours a day, and at most nearly 30 surgeries have to be arranged for a day. Yao Yufeng has spent a lot of effort to explore new diagnostic methods, such as using big data and artificial intelligence to analyze corneal cases, and creating a national auxiliary diagnosis system for corneal doctors; for example, trying to find out the root cause of corneal disease and minimize the incidence of misdiagnosis and misdiagnosis...
Yao Yufeng is explaining to young doctors. Data picture
He has a small goal -
"I hope to grow a group of 'Yao Yufeng' who is not 'Yao Yufeng'. Only parents will never worry that their children will have a better future than themselves. When I get old, I can't do it anymore and see the ophthalmology career we have started and the emergence of talents, the joy and pride will be irreplaceable. ”
Yao Yufeng came out of the operating room, rubbed his temples, and when talking about his expectations for the future, he had a bright look. (China Youth Network reporter Yang Yue Zhang Ruiling, intern reporter Cao Ruohong)
