Healing Doctor

Chapter 146 A "Technique Zone" Conjured Out of Thin Air (Bonus Chapter by Alliance Leader Lu Renyi x2)

"Teacher," Ji Xiang greeted the system NPC respectfully.

Although the days passed like flowing water, Ji Xiang's respect for the system NPCs did not fade with familiarity, but grew stronger.

At least Ji Xiang's back is bending deeper and deeper.

"You're here. Why are you here so early today? Did you encounter any patients?" the system NPC asked.

Ji Xiang explained the patient's condition.

"The patient is suffering so much. It's been two months and he's still not better. I see the stoma from the catheter is still there. I don't know when he'll be completely healed," Ji Xiang said softly, with a hint of pity in his voice.

Being castrated wasn't enough; the condition persisted, causing both mental and physical torment.

"Oh?" The system NPC became interested immediately after hearing Ji Xiang's description.

Ji Xiang noticed that the system NPC's expression was slightly taken aback, and he vaguely felt that something was wrong.

Ji Xiang originally just wanted to vent, but after looking at the system NPCs, he felt that things might take a turn for the better.

"Teacher, what's wrong?" Ji Xiang asked.

"I've encountered similar patients before, back when I was sent to the countryside," the system NPC said as he walked into the operating room with his hands behind his back and a stoop. "Similar patients might have been misdiagnosed."

"!!!" Ji Xiang was completely stunned, even stopping in his tracks, staring blankly at the system NPC.

"What's wrong with you?" the system NPC asked, turning around.

"Teacher, you can't be wrong about whether this happened or not. I checked, the surgical area is indeed missing." Ji Xiang said, puzzled.

That thing either exists or it doesn't exist; how can you not even distinguish such a simple thing?

Besides, the wounds of separation will always remain.

"Take a look at the patient first; things might not be as you expect," the system NPC said. "This situation isn't written in textbooks, and you won't have any relevant experience if you haven't seen it before. Um, Dr. Ji, hurry up."

Ji Xiang had a feeling that when the system NPC encountered a rare patient, he was like a glutton encountering a feast, unable to contain his hunger.

And now, I've already started urging myself on.

The nurse brought in the mannequin, and Ji Xiang and the nurse together lifted the mannequin onto the operating table.

The wound was just like the one he had just seen—bare and empty. There was only the stoma and the oozing pus. Ji Xiang looked at it several times to make sure he wasn't mistaken.

Ji Xiang looked up and stared at the system NPC.

"Teacher, there really isn't any," Ji Xiang said softly, looking at the bare surgical area.

The system NPCs held a revered position in Ji Xiang's heart, almost like gods. But a teacher is a teacher, and truth is truth.

The entire surgical area was severed by flying sharp objects in a car accident. No matter how powerful the system NPC is, it can't create things out of thin air.

But if it's about mechanical ascension, then I've misunderstood.

"Scan your hands, get ready to go on stage." The system NPC didn't explain much and turned to scan his hands.

"Boss, local anesthesia?"

The circulating nurse, who had been silent all along, spoke for the first time.

"Boss, so that's what everyone calls the system NPCs too," Ji Xiang thought to himself.

"Local anesthesia isn't enough, let's do continuous epidural anesthesia."

Hand scrubbing, disinfection, and laying out sterile sheets.

Ji Xiang stood opposite the system NPC in the assistant's position, ready to witness a miracle.

After the system NPC came on stage, he asked for iodine-soaked gauze and vigorously wiped the areas with sinus tracts and pus oozing out.

Ji Xiang saw purulent exudate seeping from the left side of the incision. At the same time, out of the corner of his eye, he saw the scrub nurse skillfully attaching the blade to the handle with hemostats.

The system NPC reached out.

"Here comes the knife."

As soon as the blade was installed, the scrub nurse immediately slapped the handle into the palm of the system NPC.

Although it was just a minor surgery, the whole process was smooth and the teamwork was excellent.

The system NPC, holding a scalpel, widened the incision to the left side of the draining sinus tract.

The incision was very long and extended towards the left groin.

Well, if you only look at this incision, the person who made the surgery would definitely be scolded by the senior doctor to the point of questioning their existence.

Clean the sinus tract and pus; what's the point of making such a big incision?

Even 1cm was considered too big, but he ended up cutting at least 7cm!

Ji Xiang focused his mind. He knew that each surgical step performed by the system NPC had a specific meaning, and if he didn't understand it, that was his own problem.

After cutting, blunt dissection is performed.

Soon, the moment to witness a miracle arrived, and Ji Xiang stared in astonishment.

He subconsciously raised his hand. If the concept of aseptic technique hadn't been ingrained in his DNA, Ji Xiang might have been kicked off the stage at the last moment.

The head, which was supposed to have been severed and lost in the car accident, was found under the skin of the left groin.

The system NPC briefly wandered around and discovered a large amount of grime inside its head.

"Teacher...this is..." Ji Xiang was taken aback.

He never dreamed that the important item he had lost was hidden under the skin of his groin.

The key is!

Whether in reality or in the system space, Ji Xiang had visually examined the affected area but had not discovered that there was a treasure under the patient's left groin.

The system NPC didn't explain, but focused on the surgery.

He slowly and bluntly dissected until he reached the root of the surgical area.

The skin in the surgical area was found to have a full-thickness circumferential tear from the root, with the skin retracting towards the distal end of the surgical area. The urethra was ruptured at the root of the surgical area, and the urethral stump consisted of scar tissue.

"Look." The system NPC pointed to the ring-shaped crack with hemostats. "It was a fracture caused by a force, and then it retracted under the skin. When people were treating the external injury, they thought it had been thrown into the air, but it was actually hidden under the skin."

If Ji Xiang hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes, he would never have believed it was true.

Even after witnessing it with his own eyes, he still couldn't believe it.

This wasn't something created out of thin air, but rather a rare, acute illness, Ji Xiang repeatedly reassured himself.

The system NPC only gave one explanation, but his hands didn't stop; he continued the surgery.

The surgical area was repositioned and the urethral scar tissue was removed. The urethral stump was anastomosed with 4-0 catgut, and a balloon catheter and cystostomy tube were placed. The skin in the surgical area was made in a "Z" shape and the defective skin in the surgical area was repaired.

The system NPC performed the surgery extremely smoothly, which seemed completely unrelated to his profession of cardiothoracic surgery.

Even if one were to dedicate their entire life to this, this would be about the best they could do, Ji Xiang thought to himself.

"The diagnosis was wrong. It should be surgical site dislocation and urethral rupture." After finishing the last stitch, the system NPC flicked his wrist and handed the thread end to Ji Xiang, who then used a needle holder to return the needle to the contaminated area.

"Teacher, surgical area dislocation... What kind of diagnosis is that?" Ji Xiang had no recollection of it.

"It's not in textbooks; it was submitted in 1997 and approved as a new diagnosis by the National Committee for Terminology in Science and Technology," the system NPC said. "Similar situations are sometimes encountered in clinical practice, for example, when I..."

Ji Xiang listened with great interest to a long story about how the system NPC correctly diagnosed and cured patients when there was a shortage of medical care and medicine.

This is not Versailles, but simply a series of unadorned experiences.

Ji Xiang's understanding of the "stories" told by NPCs in the system has undergone a fundamental change.

(End of this chapter)