Despite sustaining wounds to the head, leg, and arm he continued to lead the group of medical instructors and orderlies in the heat of battle for over three hours.

Upon recovering from his injuries he returned to active duty and was posted as a surgeon to a military field hospital, where he remained until transferring to Leningrad in 1945.

In 1955, just a few months after Aleksandr Tur declared esophageal atresia untreatable, Bairov successfully operated on an infant with the condition, resulting in widespread praise and publicity.

Two years after the department was formed, Bairov was awarded the USSR State Prize in 1979 for improvements in surgery methods for treating children with congenital abnormalities.

Even after formally retiring in 1992, he continued to consult in pediatric surgical treatment at the department in Saint Petersburg until his death on 6 July 1999.