Wuhan Evening News, October 9, 2015: Wuhan Sixth Hospital launched the “strictest medical examination in history” post-operative medical examination of a lymph to do 6 slices In the medical community, there is a saying that the test of surgery is the technology, medical examination is the test of medical ethics. In Wuhan Sixth Hospital, the post-operative medical examination is the strictest in history, a lymph to do 6 slices. Auntie Li is 47 years old and lives in Hankou. In March this year, she happened to participate in a free screening of the Wuhan Sixth Hospital Breast Surgery, but found breast cancer, but after surgery and chemotherapy, now recovering well. During that surgery, Dr. Li Rong, deputy chief of breast surgery, removed more than 50 lymph nodes for her, and each of the larger lymph nodes had to be divided into 3 planes and 6 slices were made. Roughly speaking, the doctor had to make more than 200 slices for the lymph nodes. Auntie Li was shocked to learn that the doctor had to do so many “invisible” things to treat a disease. In fact, it is not often that the post-operative medical examination is so rigorous and serious. Li Rong said, not only the disease examination, the city’s sixth hospital in each operation to remove relatively more lymph nodes, “this is Professor Zhang Yingtian ‘internal requirements’ to us.” These unseen efforts mean a lot to patients, as lymph nodes are often a “bridge” for cancer cells to metastasize, and the greater the extent of clearance, the lower the likelihood of recurrence after surgery. The greater the extent of lymph node dissection, the lower the likelihood of recurrence after surgery. The more detailed the lymph node biopsy is, the more accurate the judgment of the patient’s condition will be. After repeated communication with the doctor, Auntie Li chose breast-conserving surgery, and the post-operative result was very good. According to Auntie Li’s individual situation, Li chose the “glandular flap transfer technique”, in which the surrounding glands are finely freed and used to fill the defect after the lump is removed. This method avoids the abnormal appearance caused by direct pulling and filling. Different oncoplastic techniques are also available for different patients’ conditions. Li Rong said with a smile that breast surgeons should not only be able to “cut”, but also to do cosmetic surgery. It is said that the development of “breast-conserving” treatment so far, although the requirements of doctors are high, but the surgery has been more mature, can take into account both treatment and aesthetic. But the acceptance of domestic patients for breast preservation is relatively low, only 10% of those willing to operate. Li Rong analysis, on the one hand, the first thing women think of after the disease is to save their lives, many people worry that breast-conserving surgery is not done thoroughly; on the other hand, some older patients, the requirements for quality of life is reduced. Experts remind that breast cancer patients with maximum tumor diameter not exceeding 5 cm in clinical stage I and II, as well as those with no obvious axillary lymph node metastasis clinically, can consider breast-conserving treatment.