80歲的高級工程師林老，口腔癌放療后，并發下頜骨放射性骨壞死，腮部創口潰爛流膿不止。盛夏天氣悶熱，生理心理都倍受煎熬的他不得不在家人的攙扶下，來到了醫院口腔科治療。口腔科主任陳偉良教授詳細檢查后，告訴他**及早做骨壞死切除，再用鄰近下頜骨進行修補。聽了陳教授的建議后，林老即刻同意接受手術治療。然后起身，離去……

　　看著林老緩緩離去的背影和蹣跚的步履，陳偉良教授馬上叫住了患者，關切地問了一句，“你的肚子不舒服嗎?”。“老毛病了，以前下面有個包塊，時有時無，無疼痛感，但最近時不時覺得有點痛。”林老羞澀地指了指左側大腿根部。陳教授給林老再做一次檢查，發現大腿根部有一腫塊，上端狹小，下端寬大，狀似梨形。陳教授微微皺了皺眉頭，立即撥通了胃腸外科陳雙教授的電話。約10分鐘左右，陳雙教授來了。在了解病情后，檢查證實了林老還患了腹股溝斜疝……

　　面對著眼前這位曾在戰爭年代經歷過槍林彈雨的老同志——現被下頜骨放射性骨壞死和腹股溝斜疝這兩個病魔折磨，口腔科主任陳偉良教授和胃腸外科陳雙教授斷然決定，優化和簡化醫療流程，提高醫療效率，一次同臺手術為病人解除病痛。

　　在手術室的無影燈下，兩臺手術同時進行，工作有條不紊。在兩位教授完好的配合下，手術僅用了80分鐘就告結束。同臺手術不僅減輕了病人痛苦，還節省費用30%，縮短住院時間50%。

　　One-stage surgery resulted in two healings

　　Mr. Lin, an 80 yea
old senior engineer, had a mandibular osteonecrosis with ulceration and purulence at the region of his cheek as complication due to radiotherapy treatment given agai
t his oral cancer.

　　After being traumatized both physiologically and psychologically, Mr. Lin was finally accompanied by his family to the Stomatology Department of the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital (SYSMH), Zhongshan Unive
ity for treatment.

　　After careful examination, Prof. Wei Liang Chen, the director of the Stomatology Department advised Mr. Lin that the necrotic bone must be removed as soon as possible and have his mandible reco
tructed. Mr. Lin accepted Prof. Chen’s treatment plan immediately.

　　However, Prof. Chen looked carefully back to Mr. Lin and to the way by which he was walking, and then asked Mr. Lin: “Have you ever felt any discomfort at your abdomen?”, then he replied: “That is my problem! I have been feeling this swelling here which sometimes appea
and disappea
. It wasn’t painful before, but now I am feeling a little pain these last days”.

　　Mr. Lin bashfully then pointed to his left groin region. Prof. Chen examined and found a pear-shaped lump, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. Prof. Chen slightly squint his eyes and phoned Prof. Shuang Chen of the GI Surgery Department. Soon, Prof. Shuang Chen came and confirmed that Mr. Lin had indeed an indirect inguinal hernia.

　　This old fellow, who experienced a lot in his life and suffered a great deal with an unexpected osteonecrosis and an unnoticed hernia, will finally receive a proper treatment by Dr Wei Liang Chen and Dr. Shuang Chen. They agreed to proceed an one-stage surgery to release Mr. Lin longtime suffering and optimize the whole process as well as to improve the prognostic of the whole situation.

　　The perfect cooperation between two professo
resulted in two surgeries done in 80 minutes. This one-stage surgery not only resolved the patient suffering but also saved 30% in financial costs and 50% in reducing days of stay in hospital.