Healing Doctor

Chapter 300: I Lived Like a Dog (Bonus Chapter by Alliance Leader Blowfly x3)

"Not bad, what's wrong, Xiao Ji?" Zhao Xiangming was watching Ji Xiang's movements intently, and he was also taken aback.

"If conditions are good, we'll use spring coils. Although it's a bit wasteful since they'll be cut off soon anyway, they're quite useful. If conditions are more limited, we'll use gel sponges. What do you think is better?"

Director Bai, who was calmly watching the surgery from the operating room, was slightly moved.

It must take a lot of confidence for Ji Xiang to say something like that!

They didn't even say whether the surgery was feasible; instead, they were already considering what disposable supplies to use next.

It seems that what Director Zhao Xiangming thought was absolutely impossible to perform was just a minor surgery in Ji Xiang's eyes.

Zhao Tianjiao curled his lip; this act of showing off was almost perfect.

but!

The phrase "the guidewire can't get into the transverse lumbar artery" would now be a slap in the face to Ji Xiang.

In a split second, Zhao Tianjiao even thought of how to tease Ji Xiang.

Serves you right for pretending!

You'll see what happens then!!

"Use coils," Director Zhao said without hesitation. "Coils are simpler, less stressful, and have a higher success rate."

"Okay, Director Zhao, could you please help me with the spring coil?"

Zhao Xiangming hesitated for a moment, then turned around to get the spring coil.

Since it's a suture-removing surgery, unlike general surgery which involves countless procedures, and it's also an emergency surgery, no scrub nurse was provided.

Zhao Xiangming picked up the spring coil and was about to tear open the sterile packaging when a voice suddenly came from the walkie-talkie—"Holy crap!"

The sudden sound startled Zhao Xiangming, and he almost dropped the sterile packaging on the ground.

Just as he was about to curse, Zhao Xiangming suddenly realized that the voice sounded like Director Bai's.

Turning around, the moment Zhao Xiangming saw the screen, his eyes widened as if they were eggs.

The eggshell broke, and the yolk spilled out.

In the instant I turned around, the guidewire had already completed superselection and entered a branch of the transverse lumbar artery.

Ji Xiang, with his hands crossed, casually reached out to ask himself for a spring coil.

"How...how...how did you get in?" Zhao Xiangming stammered.

"Does Director Zhao have any research on hemodynamics near blood vessel bifurcation?" Ji Xiang asked.

Zhao Xiangming shook his head.

"There's no way to explain it." Ji Xiang was also quite helpless. This operation involved too many things. He had to use three bottles of endurance potion to train in the system's operating room before he could barely learn it.

Ji Xiang is not a system NPC; there are some things he can do but can't explain.

To be able to chatter on like a system NPC requires skill, and Ji Xiang isn't quite there yet.

"Director Zhao, the spring coil."

"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh." Zhao Xiangming made many "oh" sounds in a row.

Inside the control room, Director Bai rested his chin on his right hand, a smile playing on his lips.

I just lost my temper and cursed a little. This is something that is rarely seen in Director Bai, almost unheard of.

Director Bai felt that Ji Xiang could do it, but he thought he would have to try at least three to five times.

To everyone's surprise, Ji Xiang inserted the guide wire in one go.

The right-angle bend that seemed like an insurmountable barrier to Director Zhao was surprisingly easy for Ji Xiang. Where could he possibly reason with this?

Surgeons are highly dependent on talent; some people can perform a hundred surgeries and their skills won't improve, while others can learn by just a glance.

The scene was so shocking that Director Bai briefly lost his composure before regaining his usual calm expression, his smile growing wider.

The spring coil was driven in, and then a second overselection occurred.

It worked on the first try, without any surprises.

Twenty-three minutes later, the surgery was over. Ji Xiang turned and stepped off the stage. "Director Bai, let's move on to the orthopedics department."

"Xiao Ji, how much blood do you estimate we'll lose?" Director Bai asked.

"1500-2000 ml," Ji Xiang said.

Professor Deng was stunned.

He had heard that bleeding during surgery after embolizing the transverse lumbar artery would be less, but it would still be at least 3000ml. He never expected Ji Xiang to give such an alarming number.

"Good, Professor Deng, you guys do it." Director Bai was very satisfied. "Thank you for your hard work, Xiao Ji."

Ji Xiang could already hear the notifications for the system's reward.

"Come on, let's change clothes together." Director Bai pulled Ji Xiang away.

Deng Chaohong led his team to perform surgery again.

"Is that Ji Xiang, who broke the record in the competition?" the circulating nurse asked.

"Mm." Deng Chaohong nodded.

Even in front of Zhao Tianjiao, he still gave Dean Zhao face.

"Wow, that's awesome! Old Zhao from the interventional radiology department has such a fiery temper, and although his skills are just so-so, he's still one of the best in our hospital," said the circulating nurse. "Even Old Zhao can't do it. These kids do it like it's nothing. Do you think Old Zhao has wasted his life?"

"How could that be? This surgery is very difficult." Deng Chaohong reached for the scalpel.

He made a straight incision along the midline from the spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra to the spinous process of the 1st sacral vertebra.

First, make an incision in the deep fascia close to the spinous process on the affected side. Then, dissect the sacrospinalis muscle subperiosteally to expose the spine. Lateral dissection should reach the posterior joint in one go.

The incision was then opened using an automatic laminar retractor to clearly expose the lamina and ligamentum flavum on the affected side.

"Old Deng, hurry up and bite down on the vertebral body." The circulating nurse was eager to see what would happen after the embolization, so she moved a footstool and stood behind Deng Chaohong to watch.

Deng Chaohong was also curious. The Second Affiliated Hospital did not perform hybrid surgery very well, and there was little cooperation between departments. He had only heard that embolization before surgery could reduce bleeding.

The bone-crushing forceps clicked down.

A piece of gauze was placed on the broken bone.

"Huh?" Deng Chaohong was taken aback.

There was indeed still bleeding, and the amount was not small; the gauze was bright red.

However, this is a different concept from the amount of bleeding he understands.

One is like a tap that's not turned on tightly, with only a tiny trickle of water; the other is like a tap turned up to its maximum, with water gushing out uncontrollably.

"So little blood? I once saw Old Han perform a vertebral resection surgery. As soon as the bone-biting forceps went in, blood started flowing up into the room," the circulating nurse said in surprise.

"The transverse lumbar artery has been ligated. It looks thin, but it is still an artery," Professor Deng said, pretending to be casual.

He began to remove the nucleus pulposus and the free annulus fibrosus tissue little by little.

Whether using a sawing motion or scraping with a small spatula, the bleeding was minimal. The bipolar electrocautery effectively stopped the bleeding, and the entire surgery went remarkably smoothly.

An hour and a half later, the surgery was over.

"Old Deng, how much bleeding is there?" the anesthesiologist asked, pen in hand.

"Around 1600ml."

This figure came from Professor Deng's mouth, and even he himself didn't believe it.

A vertebra was removed, and there was only this little bleeding!

Then it became easier to explain to the patient's family, since the patient was safely off the stage. Professor Deng is an honest and kind person, and frontline doctors and nurses often do similar things to avoid conflict, so Professor Deng was already used to it.

However, embolizing the transverse lumbar artery really works! And it's not just a trivial use, but a huge benefit!

Professor Deng ignored Zhao Tianjiao and remained lost in thought the whole way.

(End of this chapter)