Reporter Jiao Shouguang Correspondent Ma Xin Yang Xiaohe
Recently, the cataract treatment team led by Professor Bi Hongsheng at the Eye Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine successfully performed ultra-difficult and complex diabetic cataract surgery on the 87-year-old academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences . Academician scientists who are nearly 90 years old and are still playing a role in scientific and technological innovation positions are polishing the "windows of the soul."
After the operation, Academician Yin excitedly held Professor Bi Hongsheng's hand and said with a smile, "Thank you so much, Professor Bi. I didn't expect that my eyesight could recover so well. The operation time was so short, and I was able to 'rejuvenate myself'." Now that I can look at the microscope and locust specimens again, I want to tell my old friends about this good news now..."
Since Academician Yin is nearly 60 years old, and the old man has suffered from eye diseases for many years, The operation is extremely difficult and dangerous. Although the elderly have been suffering from vision loss over the years, after visiting many hospitals, most of them recommended that the elderly adopt some conservative treatments. When he came to the hospital, Academician Yin's eyes had progressed to the point where he could only see the shaking of objects.
Academician Yin is still writing and organizing information on locusts and other plant diseases and insect pests. His ambition is to compile the world's unique masterpiece "Distribution of Locusts and Related Species in the World".
Academician Yin came to the Affiliated Eye Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine with a glimmer of hope. After learning about the situation of the elderly, Professor Bi Hongsheng, deputy leader of the Cataract Group of the Ophthalmology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, international member of the American Cataract and Refractive Society, famous cataract expert, and president of the Eye Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, decided to take on the role of "care for the elderly" With the important task of "clearing the clouds and seeing the sun", he personally performs the world's cutting-edge technology femtosecond laser assisted cataract phacoemulsification combined with intraocular lens implantation surgery.
The operation went smoothly and took less than 10 minutes.
He has white hair and speaks with a southern accent, but he is energetic and quick-thinking. He talks about the research results on locusts and is full of energy... The 15-year-old academician from India graduated from junior high school and passed the agricultural examination. He went to school and majored in agricultural product manufacturing. It was his dream to open a shop to make a living after graduation. "At that time, the locusts in Huaiyin were very severe, and there was a lack of professional pest control personnel. Farmers were affected by the disaster. Everyone had no food to eat and no cotton clothes to wear. Our original major was canceled and changed to the Department of Plant Diseases and Pest Control." After graduating in 1952. , he was assigned to northern Jiangsu to be responsible for locust control work. During the two years of locust control, academician Yin's footprints were left on the 150-mile lake embankment surrounding Hongze Lake.
After graduating from Shandong Agricultural College, Academician Yin obeyed the organization's assignment and came to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and began to engage in research on locust classification. The harsh environment of cold, low oxygen, and strong ultraviolet rays daunts many people, but like a soldier, he will never withdraw his troops until he wins the battle. He has stayed on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for 38 years. Years of hypoxia coupled with the effects of strong ultraviolet rays have made his vision worse and worse.
Now, Academician Yin’s eyesight has regained a new lease of life. On the first day after surgery, the visual acuity of the operated eye improved from just seeing the shaking of objects to 0.8! This is really valuable for him who is elderly and suffers from diabetic retinopathy and epiretinal membrane. Superb surgical skills, precise calculations, and high-tech femtosecond laser technology are combined to regain valuable vision! Academician Yin said: "I feel very happy now. I don't feel tired after watching it for a long time, and I don't feel any discomfort."
