"I can finally sleep through the night!" said 19-year-old Anbolat from Kazakhstan, smiling again at the Institute of Chest Wall Surgery of Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital on December 10th.

At the institute, patients from more than 20 countries travel from afar seeking treatment from Professor Wang Wenlin, founder of chest wall surgery in China and director of the institute, and his team.

Anbolat suffered from pectus excavatum so severe that slight movement left him breathless, and a cough caused his sunken breastbone to press painfully against his heart. Four months earlier, he had undergone corrective surgery in Kazakhstan, but a postoperative infection brought lasting discomfort. Eventually, his mother brought him to China to find Professor Wang. After surgery, Anbolat recovered quickly from the pain that had plagued him for three months. "It only hurt for three days. No fever, no discomfort. I can finally sleep peacefully."

Professor Wang has developed a series of original surgical techniques, including the "Wang Procedure" and "Wenlin Procedure". The "Wang Procedure" enables safe correction for children under three years old and has been listed on Wikipedia as a professional entry. The "Wenlin Procedure", which adopts a template molding technique, restores the natural appearance of the chest wall and is suitable for complex deformities.

As president of the International Chest Wall Surgery Organization (ICWSO), Professor Wang has led four international training programs, attracting doctors from over 40 countries, including the United Kingdom, France, and Japan. More than one hundred chest wall surgery specialists have brought the "Wenlin Procedure", "Wang Procedure", and other Chinese innovations back to their home countries, allowing China's medical solutions to take root worldwide.

从哈萨克斯坦到伊拉克，他们为何千里奔赴广州求医？

“终于能一觉睡到天亮了！”12月10日，在广东省第二人民医院胸壁外科研究院的病房里，19岁的哈萨克斯坦小伙Anbolat（安博拉特）露出久违的笑容。

在省二医胸壁外科研究院，来自全球20多个国家的患者，跨越山海而来，只为寻求中国胸壁外科创始人、省二医胸壁外科研究院院长王文林教授和他团队的救治。

Anbolat的漏斗胸稍一活动就喘，咳嗽一下下凹的胸骨就会顶着心脏疼。四个月前，妈妈带着他在哈萨克斯坦接受了胸壁畸形的矫正手术，却遭遇了漏斗胸术后感染。Anbolat的妈妈最终来到中国找到了王文林教授。术后Anbolat很快就摆脱了困扰他三个月的疼痛，“只疼了三天。不发烧、没不适，终于能睡整觉了。”

王文林教授先后发明了Wang手术、Wenlin手术等多种原创术式。其中Wang手术成功实现3岁以下低龄患儿的矫正，已被维基百科收录为专业词条；Wenlin手术通过模板塑形技术，让术后胸壁外观接近正常生理状态，适用于各种复杂畸形。

作为国际胸壁外科联盟（ICWSO）主席，王文林已带领团队开展4期国际培训，吸引英国、法国、日本等40国医生慕名来穗学习。百余名全球胸壁外科骨干带着“Wenlin手术”“Wang手术”等创新技术回到各自国家，让中国方案在全球落地生根。

图、文 | 记者 张华 丘绮晴 蒙彦伶
翻译 | 钟佳
审校 | 林佳岱