Healing Doctor

Chapter 478 Extremely Good

The surgery was performed in a way that's hard to describe.

"Professor Shen, did I understand what you meant just now?" the bald host asked, a smirk playing on his lips. "I thought you were saying this kind of surgery has extremely high requirements, but now it seems..."

"It was originally extremely high," Professor Shen murmured.

The bald host had already made his point very clear, and that he also believed it, but Professor Shen was still insisting.

"Then why does Dr. Ji Xiang's procedure look so simple?" The bald host looked at Professor Shen blankly, still not understanding what he meant.

"Teacher Shen, are you saying that Dr. Ji Xiang is highly skilled?" Mao Mao asked.

He also found it hard to believe.

"It seems...probably...more or less..." Professor Shen hesitated.

The lively atmosphere in the comment section vanished instantly, and even the experienced, never-endingly-dull-talking bald host was at a loss for words.

On the screen, superselection ends and embolism begins.

After another imaging examination, the "smoking" area stopped "smoking". Ji Xiang withdrew the guidewire, announcing the end of the interventional surgery. The gastrointestinal surgery department began disinfection and preparation for intestinal resection.

Filming a surgery to remove the intestines would be pointless, and even if it were filmed, it couldn't be broadcast. This was a deep dilemma for the production team.

But Director Fan wasn't too worried. He was used to dancing in shackles and already had his own ideas.

Regarding the final "position change" during the surgery, Director Fan had his own guesses and went to greet Ji Xiang and Director Li immediately after they stepped off the stage.

"Director Li, this interventional surgery is indeed very difficult. I watched it from beginning to end, but I don't understand it at all. Could you please explain the surgery to me?" Director Fan asked.

"Follow me." Director Li nodded, his expression grave. He gave Ji Xiang a deep look and walked straight to the control room.

Upon arriving at the operating room, the technician stood up to offer him a seat. Director Li paused slightly, but seeing that Ji Xiang was hiding behind the crowd and hadn't followed, he sat down directly.

The camera focused on Director Li, who was sitting at the control panel, from three angles, recording everything he said and did without any blind spots.

"I had only heard that Dr. Ji was good at surgery before, but I never expected it to be this good." Director Li Ming didn't put on airs, and his first words after settling in praised Ji Xiang highly.

In the commentary room, the bald host and a group of guests were stunned.

This praise comes from a specialist director at a top-tier hospital in China, and its quality is beyond doubt.

"I had only heard about it, but after seeing it for myself, I really felt I gained a lot. Dr. Ji, come here." Director Li beckoned.

Ji Xiang approached Director Li and bowed slightly, showing none of the smugness one would expect from a young person who has just completed surgery and received affirmation from their teacher.

However, he was not entirely hypocritical and humble; others only felt that Ji Xiang respected Director Li Ming.

As Professor Shen looked at it, he unconsciously nodded.

Who wouldn't like a young doctor who is both highly capable and respectful of his teachers?

The key point is that this young doctor doesn't behave like this with everyone. At least when he met Qin Chu, the boss of Shanghai Gan Dan, he displayed an arrogant and confrontational attitude.

"Dr. Xiao Ji, please sit down. Let's review the surgery together," said Director Li Ming.

Ji Xiang didn't stand on ceremony and found a wooden stool to sit next to Director Li.

Director Li Ming retrieved the surgical procedures he and Ji Xiang had just performed on the machine and began explaining them as if giving a lecture.

Director Fan knew that Director Li Ming was speaking to him, using the program to popularize science and help more ordinary people understand interventional surgery.

This is a win-win situation.

I did a great job at my job today. I brought an extra film crew with me and gave it my all.

During the initial puncture, Director Li spoke for three minutes, including repeating what he had said on the operating table. Director Fan, however, showed no impatience, but instead kept the camera moving, making sure not to miss a single frame.

From the insertion of the arterial sheath to the movement of the guidewire within the femoral artery, Director Li Ming's attention and tone changed somewhat.

"Dr. Ji, there's not much to say about the femoral artery to the external iliac artery. Do you have a better method?"

"No, you've already mastered it to perfection," Ji Xiang replied.

From the external iliac artery to the descending aorta, then the superior mesenteric artery was selected, and so on until the third-order vessels were reached, at which point Ji Xiang began to offer his opinions.

The two spoke in a language that Director Fan couldn't understand, becoming increasingly professional and leaving laymen completely bewildered.

Director Fan stared blankly at Ji Xiang and Director Li Ming, who were exchanging surgical experiences, feeling utterly lost.

He knew full well that this was an equal exchange and dialogue, not a transmission of knowledge between a teacher and a student.

Their expressions and attitudes confirmed one thing—there must have been a deeper reason behind that switch on the operating table.

Sure enough, as the surgical video was reviewed, the final superselection was brought up.

"Here." Director Li Ming tapped the screen and looked back at the camera.

Director Fan, with a stern expression, made a gesture, instructing all camera positions not to miss a single frame.

"Generally, superselection up to level 4 arterial branches is sufficient, and ordinary interventional physicians can barely manage to superselect up to level 3," Director Li said earnestly. "I spoke with Dr. Ji during the surgery just now, and he said we could try superselecting one more time."

"!!!" Director Fan's guess was confirmed.

Although he didn't understand what Director Li meant by "super selection," he guessed it was probably the difference between the sixth and seventh levels of a martial arts technique.

"The advantage of deeper superselective cutting is obvious: it reduces the amount of intestine that needs to be cut."

「因为肠繫膜上动脉会形成动脉网的缘故，超选3级血管并栓塞会切除60-70cm肠道；如果超选到4级血管并栓塞，会切除40cm左右肠道。」

"My abilities are limited to this level."

Director Li Ming spoke frankly, without a trace of trying to conceal anything.

Director Fan's heart skipped a beat, and his heart pounded.

"You saw it, Dr. Ji selected another layer below, tried and succeeded. I estimate that the gastrointestinal surgeon can remove 20cm of intestine."

"The shorter the intestine is removed, the better the patient's postoperative recovery will definitely be. Although it is not so obvious or obvious, for an elderly patient, the less trauma this kind of invasive surgery is, the better."

"Dr. Ji's surgery was of the highest standard."

"..."

"..."

Director Fan, along with many guests in the commentary room and the bald host, fell silent.

Director Li Ming's words couldn't be clearer—Ji Xiang's surgical skills surpassed his.

Although Director Fan liked what Director Li Ming said, he couldn't understand why Director Li said it that way.

It's a bit of a joke to say in front of the camera, in front of a national audience, that your skill level is not as good as an intern's.

(End of this chapter)