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The incision made by Ling Ran today was only one-third of the usual ones he made, which was about two inches in length.

Compared with minimally invasive surgery, an incision like this was still a very huge wound, and it was still very difficult to control the post-surgery scar healing. However, compared with large incisions of more than five inches, which were commonly made in the Zhu-Ling Achilles Repair Technique, incisions that were two inches long could still be covered by various methods.

Of course, the most important of these was the strength of the Achilles tendon after the surgery.

If the patient did not pursue strength in the Achilles tendon to ensure corresponding motor ability, the patient would not need to take on the challenge of undergoing the Zhu-Ling Achilles Repair Technique and receive a large incision. She could just go straight for minimally invasive surgery.

As a result, Ling Ran always faced patients who belonged to two extremes. At one extreme, there were athletes and sports enthusiasts placed first importance on their motor ability. At another extreme, there were non-professionals more concerned about their wound and appearance, and they could give up some motor ability.

Pei Baoer then revealed to Ling Ran another type of demand, the type that fell in between the two extremes.

On the one hand, she needed her Achilles tendon to have extremely strong motor ability, because dancers really required it. On the other hand, she needed the scars on her legs to be as small as possible and the skin to be as smooth and complete as possible because dancers also really needed their skin to look good.

Just reaching either one of these goals would be extremely detrimental to Pei Baoer's career; this was a contradiction that was rare in other patients.

Ling Ran had performed Achilles tendon repairs for many female athletes, and among them were young female athletes who had beautiful and smooth skin. But even if they were not willing to have a huge incision, they would eventually make a rational choice to undergo Zhu-Ling Achilles Repair Technique or just simply retire.

However, Pei Baoer was first willing to escape reality by sitting in a wheelchair without undergoing surgery. Then, she endured the pain and returned to the operating table voluntarily, which showed her psychological dilemma.

Ling Ran never cared about what others said, but cared more about what others did.

Approaching Pei Baoer's situation made Ling Ran become aware of how to further improve the Zhu-Ling Achilles Repair Technique, or rather, he became aware of another sort of demand for the Achilles tendon repair technique.

The Zhu-Ling Achilles Repair Technique was originally designed according to Liu Weichen's needs. Liu Weichen was a world-class male track and field athlete. He had extremely high requirements for his Achilles tendon's strength and no requirements for his calf's appearance. Therefore, a four-inch or six-inch incision was not a problem for him. As long as his Achilles tendon's strength was guaranteed, it was enough. If an extra 2 inches meant that it would increase his Achilles tendon's strength by one percent, he was willing to go through it.

However, dancers like Pei Baoer obviously needed a balance between both.

In other words, with dancers like Pei Baoer, he could use a new plan and concept to redesign the surgery.

This was unimaginably difficult for ordinary doctors, but for Ling Ran and Academician Zhu, it was not that complicated.

Would it take time to improve a technique? Of course, it would! Would it be a little difficult? Of course, it would! Could it be done? Of course, it could!

Ling Ran lowered his head and sutured the blood vessels gracefully.

The core of the new technique was still blood supply. To be precise, this was the core of the Achilles tendon repair technique. Only by ensuring blood supply could the strength of the Achilles tendon be maintained. In fact, for ordinary doctors, only by ensuring blood supply could the Achilles tendon's vitality and success of the operation be guaranteed.

However, different surgical methods produced great differences when it came to ensuring blood flow.

Minimally invasive surgery could cause the least wound on the skin, and the blood vessels that were lost during the surgery would be given up by all involved in the surgery in a tacit agreement. As long as the reconnection of the Achilles tendon was completed, the remaining blood vessels would be used to maintain a certain degree of motor ability to ensure that the patient could live a normal life. That was the goal of the surgery.