The Surgeon’s Studio

Chapter 688: A Non-existent Lifetime Enemy

It was time for contrast-enhanced imaging. This surgery… Mu Tao was at a loss.

Could Wu Haishi do it? He could not. Even when he was at his prime, he still could not do it.

In the Mayo Clinic, could those big-shot demon-level characters who did not even look him in the eye do it?

They definitely could not. Their standards were higher than his, but they were definitely not as high as those who were now in the operating theater.

Was this because he had attained a level that was beyond comprehension?

Mu Tao was very confused.

When he thought about how he had previously defined this surgeon as his lifelong enemy… He now felt like he really did not deserve to even be called his enemy.

He was afraid that the other party had not noticed him at all.

Countless thoughts churned in his mind. Three seconds later, Mu Tao’s mind went completely blank.

The surgeon did not remove the tube but started the next selection!

No!

Mu Tao quivered. He only took a glance at the surgeon’s operation and knew the purpose for it.

It was an extremely small branch of the internal iliac artery. The surgeon had to select and embolize the artery.

Was there bleeding there?

Mu Tao could not remember.

He did not continue to look at the surgeon’s operation. Instead, he began to analyze the previous image on the machine.

Mu Tao moved the image to the first frame of the angiography. He frowned and looked for the tiny branch of the internal iliac artery that the surgeon was embolizing.

There! There is was!

On the screen, there was almost no leakage of the contrast agent. However, when the image was magnified, Mu Tao was sure that there was indeed damage here. That’s what the contrast agent showed.

It was just that the amount was very small. It was so small that he did not even notice it at first.

He knew that if it were his surgery, a few large blood vessels would be embolized, and he would definitely need to do another angiogram. After another angiogram, he would discover that this small blood vessel was bleeding, and then the embolization procedure would begin again.

This was the standard, textbook-like procedure.

However, the surgeon inside had actually skipped many steps and discovered and embolized a very small blood vessel.

Could it be ignored?

The answer was no.

After the other blood vessels were embolized, the blood pressure would rise. Right now, this small blood vessel did not seem to be bleeding much but would soon become the main bleeding artery.

This was really…

Mu Tao shook his head and looked at the surgery again.

There were two similar blood vessels. When Mu Tao looked at the angiography image and analyzed it, the blood vessel had already been completely embolized.

The tubes were removed, and the surgery ended without the need for a reexamination.

This surgery was really a little…unrestrained? Mu Tao scrambled to think of the right word but could not find it.

In the end, he could only describe his feelings with ‘unrestrained’.

The airtight lead door opened and Zheng Ren shouted, “Next!”

Mu Tao was speechless.

This was an assembly line…and he was the only skilled worker.

While they were checking the numbers outside, Mu Tao stood up and prepared to temporarily act as a circulating nurse to help Zheng Ren with some post-surgery cleanup work.

“Hello, Chief Zheng.” Mu Tao walked into the operating theater, smiling as he greeted him.

Zheng Ren was stunned for a moment. He looked at Mu Tao with a somewhat hollow gaze.

What kind of gaze was that? Mu Tao was also stunned. Shouldn’t he have responded to Mu Tao’s warm words by greeting him and then reminiscing about the past when he was doing scientific research at the Imperial Capital to quickly close the distance?

Could it be that he was too tired?

“You are…” Zheng Ren was in an extreme state. Other than the surgery, he could not think about anything else.

Even the matter of his father-in-law looking like Xie Yiren flashed past his mind. Who was Mu Tao? Why should he think too much?

Zheng Ren asked the question bluntly. Although it was a little impolite, he did not want to waste any time.

Even though he had just discussed with Su Yun about the person who was sleeping outside, Zheng Ren’s current state was focused on the surgery. How could he remember such insignificant details?

“Uh… I’m Mu Tao.” Mu Tao was depressed. The other clearly did not recognize him.

“Ah, Teacher Mu from Shenzhen City. Hello.” When he mentioned his name, Zheng Ren immediately remembered. He just could not match his name with his face.

Mu Tao was dumbfounded.

“Teacher Mu, please help me put on an elastic tape. Just tear open the packaging. The pressure bandage will be done by the person outside,” Zheng Ren said.

Mu Tao began to look for the location of the elastic tape. As he looked, he asked, “Chief Zheng, did you use too much force on your wrist and fingers during the selection?”

“Yes, the blood vessels of this injured person are slightly deformed. The angle of the fork is too large. The wrist needs to complete at least three movements and with the cooperation of the fingers, the selection will be successful,” Zheng Ren answered matter-of-factly.

Three? What three? Mu Tao’s figure hesitated for a moment. His brain was like a CPU, operating at high speed.

“Teacher Mu, let’s do the surgery first. When we have time, we can go back and discuss it later.” Zheng Ren was very tired. His chest hurt badly, making even breathing feel excruciating.

However, Zheng Ren felt that this was also beneficial. At least when it hurt, he did not seem to be so tired.

In a way, it could be considered beneficial to him.

He heard Mu Tao’s question and saw Mu Tao’s appearance. He knew what Mu Tao was thinking.

If it were in the past, he would have taught a demonstration surgery. It was not a big deal.

But now, there were countless patients waiting for surgery and rescue outside.

Now was not a good time.

Mu Tao also knew what Zheng Ren was thinking. He pondered for a moment and asked tentatively, “Chief Zheng, do you want me to set up the next one for you?”

“Aren’t you going to the other operating theater to perform surgery?” Zheng Ren asked.

Mu Tao was embarrassed. He heard a trace of valuable experience from Zheng Ren’s words. He was even sure that as long as he learned it, the gap between him and Zheng Ren would not be as big as he felt it was.

As for surgery… If he could improve his level, he would be able to do it faster. Mu Tao comforted himself.

“I just woke up. I’ll set up a table for you so you can take a breather,” Mu Tao said with a smile.

“Sure.” Zheng Ren did not care.

At this moment, Chief Jiang came in with his men. He took the patient on the table and sent the next patient up.

“Chief Jiang, how many more patients are there outside?” Zheng Ren asked.

“Twelve. After the surgery, the patients were all sent to Huaxi and Provincial Hospital by the first-aid ambulance,” Chief Jiang answered straightforwardly.

This was the information that Zheng Ren needed. He nodded and finally saw a glimmer of hope.

“Chief Jiang, if there are patients who need to be amputated, please help me keep an eye out for them,” Zheng Ren said.

“Uh…”Chief Jiang was stunned. Could Doctor Zheng be…

“Doctor… Doctor Zheng, this isn’t a hybrid operating room. It’s a small place so we can’t do hybrid surgery,” Chief Jiang said hesitantly.

“Oh, I don’t want to perform a hybrid surgery. I want to remove the thrombus from the patient who needs to be amputated to improve the microcirculation. I want to reduce the cross-section for amputation as much as possible so that it will be easier to recover after the surgery,” Zheng Ren said.

Chief Jiang was not in the vascular surgery department, so he did not have a deep understanding of vascular intervention.

He did not really understand what Zheng Ren said. However, he just followed the other’s words. The people in front of him were all skilled, demon-like surgeons. There was no reason for him to waste his time.