Rebirth of a Doctor Without Regrets

Blood began to gush out.

"Wang Xiao, put it down quickly!" Chen Kaili shouted.

Wang Xiao quickly withdrew her hand.

"Damn it," Wang Xiao thought to himself. "After all this trouble, I still have to go back in time. I might as well give up."

However, the system still did not display any prompts.

The anesthesiologist quickly increased the blood transfusion volume, but after Wang Xiao's manipulation, the bleeding increased significantly, and the autologous blood recovery machine's suction device couldn't extract it in time, causing the abdominal cavity to fill with blood again.

Everyone began to blame Wang Xiao for his recklessness and Luo Peng for his inaction.

Luo Peng gasped and said, "Dr. Wang's action of turning the liver over just now was correct. If the back of the liver is normal, it will not cause damage."

The increased bleeding indicates that a blood clot in the previous wound has dislodged, or the wound has been torn open and widened. In other words, the bleeding point is on the back of the liver.

Luo Peng gestured for Wang Xiao to move to the surgeon's position on the patient's left, while he himself took the first assistant's position on the opposite side.

This action stunned everyone present.

Everyone could see that Luo Peng was the arrogant type, so why would he let a cardiac surgeon take the lead in the operating room while he himself was relegated to the role of assistant?

"Fang Yuan, turn the suction device to maximum suction power, get ready to suction out the blood accumulated on the back of the liver, and be careful not to touch the diaphragm!" Luo Peng quickly gave the order, his tone devoid of any emotion, only professional calmness.

"I just saw the intestinal wall you stitched. Your suturing technique is better than mine, and your stitches are more precise. So I'll turn the liver over to expose the bleeding point. You'll be responsible for ligating and stopping the bleeding. Follow my instructions and avoid blood vessels and nerves."

Wang Xiao was taken aback for a moment, then nodded: "Understood."

The moment those words were spoken, the emergency room fell silent.

Fang Yuan and Xue Jia exchanged a glance, unsure of what to say.

Luo Peng bent down to stabilize the edge of the patient's abdominal cavity, and slowly inserted his hands, his fingertips sliding precisely along the liver capsule, a movement even gentler than Wang Xiao's previous one.

He slowly applied force with his palm, gently flipping the liver towards his abdomen.

The movement was minimal yet highly controlled, neither pulling on the main blood vessels at the porta hepatis nor compressing the surrounding organs; it merely slowly exposed the dorsal region of the liver.

As expected of a general surgeon with over ten years of experience, he has an intimate knowledge of the anatomy of the liver.

"There's too much blood buildup, Fang Yuan, suck it out quickly!" Luo Peng's voice suddenly deepened.

Fang Yuan reacted immediately, firmly gripping the suction device with both hands, and precisely inserting the suction tip into the gap between the dorsal side of the liver and the diaphragm. Under maximum suction, dark red blood gushed out rapidly along the suction tip, and the surgical field gradually became clear.

"Found it! A secondary tributary of the right hepatic vein ruptured, about 2 millimeters in diameter, with a small amount of thrombus residue around it." Luo Peng found the bleeding point almost instantly.

"Wang Xiao, hold the non-traumatic hemostat in your left hand, make the incision from the right side at a 15-degree angle upwards, avoiding the subphrenic artery below, quick!"

Wang Xiaoning's gaze locked onto the location indicated by Luo Peng. She quickly took the hemostat from Xue Jia with her left hand and made a precise incision as instructed by Luo Peng.

The hemostat firmly clamped the ruptured end of the blood vessel.

"Very good, hold on!" Luo Peng nodded approvingly. "Take the No. 7 silk thread in your right hand and tie it twice in succession. Make sure the knots are tight and there are no gaps!"

Following instructions, Wang Xiao deftly moved her fingers, quickly wrapping the thread around the severed end of the blood vessel. The two knots were tightly fastened without any loosening.

He slowly loosened the hemostat, and Luo Peng immediately pressed gently on the ligation site with gauze. After confirming there was no bleeding, Luo Peng slowly repositioned the liver, letting out a long sigh of relief and saying, "The bleeding has been stopped successfully!"

"The blood pressure has risen!" The anesthesiologist's voice was filled with the elation of someone who had just escaped death. "The systolic pressure has risen to 100, the diastolic pressure to 58, and the heart rate to 110, which is stabilizing!"

A suppressed cheer erupted in the emergency room, and Chen Kaili wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.

The patient had a large abdominal incision, so Wang Xiao and Luo Peng closed the abdomen simultaneously using a head-to-head suture method.

【Ding! 】

The surgery was successful.

[Current number of surgeries completed: 108]

Luo Peng extended his hand to Wang Xiao, who paused for a moment before firmly grasping Luo Peng's hand.

"It was a pleasure working together. To be honest, this is the first time I've independently performed a level 3 surgery, liver rupture repair. Before, I was either led by the chief physician or working with a senior doctor. Today, thanks to your precise probing, it went so smoothly."

Wang Xiao smiled, but thought to himself, "Your composed demeanor just now didn't seem like it was the first time."

This was also the first time he had completed a level-three surgery without the help of a system.

Not only did they perform surgery outside their department, but they also directly challenged someone else's level three surgery.

Unlike the initial 1% success rate of cosmetic sutures, this time it was a success on the first try.

Am I really a genius?

However, this kind of emergency treatment is much more stimulating than getting cosmetic stitches; even if the stitches split, it won't be fatal.

It was only thanks to the system's safety net that Wang Xiao dared to open his abdomen without permission, even if he had ten times the courage.

Wang Xiao still felt a lingering sense of fear.

"Dr. Wang, are you alright? Why is your face so pale?" Xue Jia noticed his unusual appearance and handed him a bottle of glucose.

Seeing this, Fang Yuan quickly grabbed a clean towel and wiped Wang Xiao's sweat.

Upon seeing this scene, a barely perceptible hint of awkwardness flashed across Luo Peng's eyes.

He looked around at the nurses, who were all busy with their own things. Chen Kaili had finally managed to have a moment to relax when she met his sweeping gaze and was so startled that she took two steps back.

"Ahem!" Luo Peng cleared his throat. "No time to chat. There are a bunch of patients waiting to be treated outside. I'll be going now!"

He walked quickly toward the door of the emergency room, his steps hurried as if he were running away from something, even forgetting to take the stethoscope that had been left in the corner.

Fang Yuan scratched her head, looking at Wang Xiao with a puzzled expression: "Dr. Luo, what's wrong? Didn't you just say the collaboration was going quite well?"

Wang Xiao took the glucose, unscrewed it, took a sip, and smiled helplessly.

No sooner had he finished speaking than the door to the emergency room was pushed open again, and a patient with a ruptured spleen and massive bleeding was wheeled in. Luo Peng called out from the side, "There's another patient with an open pneumothorax outside."

Everyone instantly snapped out of their daze, and Chen Kaili immediately assigned tasks: "Dr. Wang, you handle the pneumothorax patient; an emergency puncture is needed. Fang Yuan and Xue Jia, come with me and assist Dr. Luo in treating a ruptured spleen. Anesthesiologist, prepare the general anesthesia equipment!"

"Received!" Wang Xiao finished his glucose drink in one gulp, grabbed his white coat, and ran outside.

Emergency care continued from dawn until late at night, with ambulance sirens blaring as critically ill patients were continuously brought in.

Wang Xiao was like a wound-up top, rushing from one emergency room to another without stopping for a moment.

When he was exhausted, he would sit in the corner of the emergency room and doze off for a while. When he woke up, he would immediately go back to the rescue.

The intense, non-stop work left everyone's faces etched with exhaustion, yet not a single person backed down.

……

【Ding! 】

The surgery was successful.

[Current number of surgeries completed: 112]

Total backtracking attempts: 255

At three in the morning, the city outside the window had already fallen silent, with only the emergency room building still brightly lit.

Wang Xiao didn't know how many patients she had saved; she only knew that it was finally all over.

Director Gong collapsed and fell asleep on the triage desk in the reception hall.

The corridor seats, which should have been occupied by patients, were filled with exhausted medical staff.

The resident doctors, too embarrassed to fight for seats, simply sat on the floor.

At this moment, Dean Chen, wearing a white coat, walked out with a tired but gratified look on his face, followed by several administrative staff.

"Thank you all for your hard work! From last night until now, the emergency department has treated 2 critically ill patients (Level I, 2 of whom died), 22 critically ill patients (Level II, 20 of whom are temporarily out of danger), and 45 emergency patients (Level III). You've all done a great job!"

There was no applause, no cheers; everyone responded to Dean Chen with their eyes.

Dean Chen paused for a moment, then continued, "Considering that everyone has worked tirelessly through the night for twenty hours, all those involved in the rescue are given a day off to rest and recharge. Please keep your phones accessible; we will notify you of any further emergencies."

"Great!" The crowd cheered weakly, and many people leaned against the wall and closed their eyes.

【Ding! 】

[Achievement "Christmas Eve" has been unlocked.]

[Christmas Eve Achievement Reward: Congratulations on saving the lives of five critically ill patients in one day! The Perfect Surgery System will now include the "Da Vinci Sleep" module, granting additional efficiency bonuses to any temporary sleep within medical facilities.]

Please cherish time and save more patients' lives.

What is this? A holy rite of passage for those working overtime?

Or is it a skill exclusive to chief resident?

Wang Xiao rubbed his sore shoulders and back, his bones creaking all over.

Since I have a day off today, I'm going to go to a bathhouse for a massage to relax.