Foreign literature and the surgery cases attempted at Guo Zhi Hospital mainly involve atrial septal defect repair, ventricular septal defect repair, valve replacement, and removal of myxomas. These surgeries have a notable feature: they involve structures inside the heart. Detecting the interior of the heart is the strong suit of esophageal ultrasound. The purpose of using esophageal ultrasound in these surgeries is simple; it allows real-time monitoring of these internal heart structures, facilitating adjustments to the surgical plan and observation of postoperative repair results.
From this perspective, Student Xie's use of TEE in hepatobiliary surgery is absolutely groundbreaking in the country. Guo Zhi Hospital certainly has not used it on such cases. Boss Zhang can guarantee that.
