The Surgeon’s Studio

Chapter 701: Comparison (Part Two)

“Next…” This sentence echoed in Liu Xuzhi’s heart.

During the entire surgery, Zheng Ren only said this one sentence.

The surgery was done just like that?

Yes, it was!

Liu Xuzhi did not stand there foolishly. He did not think about whether the surgeon in Xinglin Garden’s live broadcast room or the tired and bruised surgeon in front of him was stronger.

He would have plenty of time to think about this kind of problem in the future.

But now, the important thing was to send the patient down after the surgery and bring another patient up.

He had always remembered his purpose for coming here.

Looking at Doctor Zheng who was walking a little unsteadily, Liu Xuzhi really could not believe that the steady hand and precise movements during surgery just now came from a pair of hands in such a state.

Soon, the next patient was carried to the operating table.

Liu Xuzhi seized the time to scrub his hands and prepare to disinfect them.

Liu Xuzhi was a small figure who had always been very invisible ever since he started working. He was aware of this.

Even though Zheng Ren looked very young to the point that he looked like a child who had just started work, his skill level was so high that Liu Xuzhi did not dare to take him lightly. In his heart, he regarded Zheng Ren as a professor who thought he was from the Imperial Capital.

A small task like disinfection would definitely be his responsibility.

Zheng Ren was also stunned for a moment. It would definitely be good if someone sterilized the patient for him instead.

After inserting the radiographic films into the radiographic film viewer, Zheng Ren focused on looking at the radiographic films.

After an endless amount of surgeries and the surgery where he had almost been buried underneath ruins, it was as if a fire had been quenched inside him. Zheng Ren once again bravely advanced, and his interventional surgery level had improved tremendously.

It was only the most ‘basic’ radiographic film but at this moment, Zheng Ren had a different idea in his mind.

The most primitive data was reassembled in his mind as Zheng Ren began to work as his own personal software to create it into his own 64-slice CT scan with 3D-image reconstruction.

Just trying to visualize it in his mind made Zheng Ren feel dizzy.

He could not think about these things now, Zheng Ren immediately realized.

Liu Xuzhi saw that Zheng Ren was still shaking on the spot and said carefully, “Teacher Zheng, please take a few minutes to rest. I’ll call you after I’m done with the disinfection and the artery cannulation. What do you think?”

Zheng Ren turned his head and gave Liu Xuzhi a smile.

“No need. I’m fine,” Zheng Ren said faintly.

At this moment, he even somewhat missed Su Yun who was in the operating theater next door.

Although he had received countless days of surgery training in the System’s operating theater—which lasted for a few days without rest—it was still alright. At that time, there was no hunger or fatigue in the System’s space. As long as he could endure loneliness, boredom, and monotony, it was enough.

But now, Zheng Ren was really tired.

Even if he restrained the delusion of being persecuted in his heart and drank up all the energy drinks stored in the System space, he could not withstand the waves of fatigue that surged up like a tide.

It was good if Su Yun was there. That chatterbox could always find a variety of topics to talk about.

Perhaps if he said something, he would be more energetic?

“Teacher Zheng, you’re really good at surgery.” Zheng Ren was thinking about it when Liu Xuzhi spoke while disinfecting.

This was the standard operating theater atmosphere. How could they not speak while being face-to-face?

“Oh, it’s alright,” Zheng Ren replied.

“Teacher Zheng, are you logged into Xinglin Garden?” Liu Xuzhi asked. The disinfection was already half done.

“When I just graduated, I occasionally went to take a look. However, I’ve been busy with work recently so I haven’t been signed in for two years,” Zheng Ren said.

“That’s such a pity,” Liu Xuzhi said. “Teacher Zheng, recently, an unfamiliar account has appeared in Xinglin Garden. It has opened a surgery live broadcast room to broadcast all kinds of high-difficulty surgeries.”

Zheng Ren smiled. How could he take such sensationalism seriously?

“Teacher Zheng, everything’s been disinfected.” Liu Xuzhi’s hands and feet were agile. The oval pliers pinched the edge of the curved plate and the metal buckle made a cracking sound.

The two of them went to scrub their hands, disinfect, and prepare for surgery.

“Sometimes, interventional surgery will also be broadcasted live in Xinglin Garden’s live broadcast room,” Liu Xuzhi said.

“Oh, is their skill level good?” Zheng Ren felt that it was quite good to say a few words. His attention seemed to have been diverted a little and he was no longer so tired.

“It’s especially high.” Liu Xuzhi brushed his hands and said, “Once, our hospital encountered a patient with mesenteric artery embolism. The general surgery department was unable to perform the surgery. I watched the surgical demonstration in Xinglin Garden’s live broadcast room and performed it on my own afterward.”

“Oh, I’m assuming it was part of the mesenteric artery that was embolized, resulting in the intestinal necrosis. Then, according to the condition of the necrotic border, you’d have to perform an intestinal resection surgery.” Zheng Ren finished brushing his hands, picked up a piece of iodoform gauze, and began to disinfect it.

“Yes, that sort of thinking is very rare.”

“Yes, but this is a special case so we should try to use it as little as possible. Last year, I also performed a case. However, do you not know how to perform general surgery?” Zheng Ren asked in return.

“Yes.”Liu Xuzhi was stunned for a moment. Wasn’t it very normal for interventional surgeons to not know how to perform general surgery? What was so strange about it?

“Then you are indeed very courageous. The general surgeons in your hospital are also not bad. I embolized and removed the intestines myself, so I know what I’m doing. It’s very rare for you to believe in your general surgeon’s standards.”

After Zheng Ren finished speaking, Liu Xuzhi felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head. He was in high spirits but now, he was scared.

Zheng Ren mentioned a possibility in his words—after Liu Xuzhi completed the interventional embolization, the general surgery department did not dare to continue through. Perhaps their standard was limited and they could not.

If that was the case, it would be a major medical accident.

Damn it… Liu Xuzhi felt excited then and proud of the results afterward. However, he was now scared.

Why didn’t he think of this?

Seeing that Liu Xuzhi was silent, Zheng Ren recalled what he had said.

The current Zheng Ren basically relied on his body’s instincts and physical memory to speak and do things. If it were any other time, Zheng Ren would not have said those words just now.

He realized what the problem was as he smiled and comforted Liu Xuzhi, “It’s okay. I’m just saying one possibility. Intestinal resection and anastomosis are some of the simplest surgeries. However, the surgical grade is relatively high so you have to be careful. Most people who are an attending physician or above in the general surgery department can do it.”

Liu Xuzhi’s face was full of tears.

He wanted to show off a little but did not expect that Zheng Ren would ‘beat him up’ so badly that his face was bruised and swollen.

Zheng Ren put on his clothes and stood in the main surgeon’s position.

The circulating nurse quickly left and closed the air-tight lead door.

“Teacher Zheng, have you ever performed an operation to embolize the transverse lumbar artery before a vertebral body resection?” Liu Xuzhi asked, unwilling to give up.

In his opinion, the surgeon in Xinglin Garden’s live broadcast room was the most powerful. However, he had seen with his own eyes that Doctor Zheng’s surgical skill was higher. He was always a little unconvinced and wanted to find all kinds of examples to prove…the skills of the surgeon in the live broadcast room.

“I’ve done it before. I had to do a 64-slice CT scan with 3D-image reconstruction in advance too. Once the reconstruction is done, the surgery is secondary.”