Chapter 463: Smoothly
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lu Wenbin’s gaze traced after the path of Ling Ran’s scalpel.
After Ling Ran sliced the skin open and started moving the scalpel downwards. More and more layers of yellow adipose tissue was exposed.
If Professor Huang had not given them a reminder beforehand, Lu Wenbin would have said sothing sarcastic by now.
To doctors, not only were fat bellies an obstacle during surgeries, but the fat also made it hard for incisions to be made.
“There’s blood seeping out.” Lu Wenbin reminded Ling Ran in a hushed tone. He wore a troubled expression as he asked, “Should we stop it with an endotherm knife?”
“There’s no need for that. Give a gauze.” Ling Ran extended his hand and asked for a gauze. He then carried out bleeding control by applying pressure on where the blood was seeping out.
Professor Huang was standing beside the operating table. He watched as Ling Ran perford bleeding control with the gauze and nodded silently in approval. He said to Lu Wenbin, “The use of endotherm knife may cause the liquefaction of adipose cells, and it’ll make postoperative recovery more difficult. You should use a gauze to stop bleeding whenever you can, as it’ll make things easier after the surgery.”
Even though he sounded like he was talking to Lu Wenbin, he actually wanted the mbers of the i family who were watching the surgery from outside the operating theater to hear what he said.
Selecting Ling Ran for this surgery was not an easy choice for Professor Huang either.
If Professor Huang were a little more shaless and unethical, he could have made his life a lot easier by choosing an influential and renowned doctor.
By choosing Ling Ran, Professor Huang had no choice but to repeatedly sing Ling Ran’s praises.
Despite all odds, Professor Huang was resolute in choosing Ling Ran who was highly skilled in hepatectomy, had a high success rate, and could ensure good prognosis.
Because of this, Professor Huang was under pressure from various parties, especially the mbers of the i family, who doubted Ling Ran’s abilities. All of them, from direct family mbers and close relatives to distant relatives and Elder i’s subordinates, never once doubted Ling Ran’s abilities.
Professor Huang was only able to remain unfazed despite the pressure because he had been Elder i’s family doctor for many years and had gained Elder i’s trust, and because he was extrely confident in his decision.
But Professor Huang still wanted to help the mbers of the i family relax during the process of the surgery.
For the family mbers of patients, the ti period before surgery and during surgery were two entirely different concepts.
This might be due to the workings of the human brain. Before the surgery began, even when the patient had already been wheeled into the operating theater, as long as the doctor had not made the incision, the patient’s family mber would feel that there’s still room for choice and the possibility of the surgery not being carried out.
However, after anesthetics were administered and an incision had been made on the patient’s abdon, the horror that ca with watching a family mber being operated on would imdiately heighten.
All kinds of “what ifs” and possibilities would imdiately fill up the minds of the patient’s family mbers.
Even though Elder i’s eldest daughter had been through all kinds of ergency situations, she could not help but tear up as she watched her father, whose eyes were tightly shut, through the big screen.
“Thank God we didn’t ask mom to co over,” Elder i’s eldest daughter said as she wiped her tears.
i Tiangui humd softly. He then looked at his phone and said, “We have already found dad the best doctors and made the best choice. God always keeps the good out of harm’s way.”
“So, now you believe in God too?” Elder i’s oldest daughter gave i Tiangui a sidelong glance
i Tiangui furrowed his eyebrows, and he looked so fierce that his face, which already looked fierce to begin with since he was a mber of the i family, seed to have frozen over. The people beside him imdiately lowered their heads when they saw this.
Doctor Jin coughed a few tis and said, “For Elder i’s surgery, the first risk is the making of the incision. Looking at the way things are going right now, there shouldn’t be any problem. Doctor Ling is pretty skilled at bleeding control.”
Even though he had no particular admiration for this young man called Ling Ran, Doctor Jin really could not find any flaws in Ling Ran’s maneuvers, especially when it ca to bleeding control. Doctor Jin had seen the sa when he had observed other surgeries Ling Ran carried out, and this was one of the things about Ling Ran that he secretly admired, even if only a little.
i Tiangui glanced at the screen and said, “By this, do you an that the surgery has been going smoothly so far?”
“Yeah,” Doctor Jin said crisply, “Next up would be laparotomy, with the exposure of an adequate surgical field being the aim. Surgical field ans what the surgeons could see during the surgery. As Elder i is pretty plump, the process wouldn’t be very easy…”
“Adjust the lamp a little. Now, we’re going to interrupt the blood flow of the hepatic portal vein…”
Doctor Jin froze for a mont before he nodded and said, “It seems like Doctor Ling is done with the laparotomy. Hm, this ans that the first stage of the surgery went smoothly. And it’s considered extrely quick too. Just like what the chief surgeon just said, the most important thing that has to be done next is to interrupt the blood flow. As the chief surgeon chose the hepatic portal vein, it would be quite a difficult endeavour. There’re a few thods, and each has their pros and cons. As doctors, the only thing we can do is to choose the thod with the most pros and the least cons…”
“The blood flow is interrupted already. Start the stopwatch.” Ling Ran’s voice rang out from behind them again.
Doctor Jin could not help but turn to look at the big screen behind him.
Through the panoramic lens, he could see that Ling Ran had started operating on the exposed liver.
Doctor Jin gasped a little and glanced at his watch without being aware of it.
Ling Ran was carrying out the surgery at almost the sa speed as he did during his other surgeries that Doctor Jin had watched.
Doctor Jin lowered his head and adjusted his glasses to mask his astonishnt.
Even for the sa types of surgeries, the difficulty level varied from patient to patient. Even though carrying out the sa type of surgery for different patients at almost the sa speed sounded simple, from the perspective of doctors, this ant that Ling Ran had attained complete mastery of the said surgical thod.
Doctor Jin then recalled the way Ling Ran operated before this and suddenly had the realization that Ling Ran no longer had to cater his maneuvers to the patients he was performing on. Instead, he had entered a zone where he can manipulate a patient’s condition to what he was used to…
In other words, Ling Ran had attained the ability to completely control the rhythm of all patients who required this sort of surgery.
Even though the surgery today was relatively difficult, he did not reduce his pace. He carried out the surgery at the sa pace as he did during less difficult surgeries. This ant that this was his favourite pace when it ca to hepatectomies, and he had totally mastered this surgical thod.
Of course, Doctor Jin’s perception of “mastery” was not the type where he expected Ling Ran to score ninety-eight out of a hundred marks for hepatectomy.
As a patient lay on the operating table, he definitely would not expect the surgeon’s best performance to be one that could score him ninety-eight marks.
It was the sa with Elder i. He definitely did not expect Ling Ran to put on a performance that would score him ninety-eight marks either.
“Doctor Jin, is there sothing wrong?” Elder i’s eldest daughter turned to look at Doctor Jin with unease.
“No, Doctor Ling is doing pretty well.” Doctor Jin quickly raised his head and said, “Hmm, the main thing about Elder i is that he had suffered from liver problems for a relatively long ti. As his hepatolithiasis has been developing for years, it has to be dealt with carefully. For example, one of the indicators in the removal of the stones though choledochoscopy is in the amount of leftover stones. The aim would be to take out as many stones as possible, but it’s impossible to remove all of them. This might take a longer ti.”
“Alright, we should have taken out most of the stones…” Ling Ran’s voice rang out again.
As all the doctors knew that they were being fild and that the people outside could hear them, they tried their best to remain silent. This was why Ling Ran’s orders sounded especially clear.
Of course, Ling Ran liked this sort of operating theater the most.
Doctor Jin was not so easily convinced. He looked at the screen in shock and had an extrely astonished expression. “He’s done removing the stones just like this?”
“Is sothing wrong?” i Tiangui furrowed his eyebrows.
“No…” Doctor Jin shook his head solemnly.
He suddenly recalled the ti he used to play Go when he was young. He was unbeatable in his school and the Go club he went to. He also enjoyed pretty good results when he participated in amateur competitions in his city. One day, he encountered a professional Go player who had just started his career…
Even though there was nothing special about the other party’s stance, he tore all the amateur Go players to shreds.
“Alright, I’m done. I’m going to carry out bleeding control now. Ma Yanlin, continue retracting for a few more minutes. The liver is a little brittle. Professor Huang, after this, you have to ask Elder i to continue losing weight.” Ling Ran was working with his head lowered. He explained things in detail for the sake of the mbers of the i family outside.
Professor Huang humd to express that he had agreed to take the order with a smile, and those who were watching the big screen could see how relaxed he looked.
i Tiangui sensed sothing and quickly asked, “How’s the situation now?”
“The surgery is basically a success,” Doctor Jin said hesitantly.
“A success? He’s done? He’s done just like this?” i Tiangui asked one question after another. He was extrely surprised.
Doctor Jin nodded a little. “Yes, he’s done.”
“And there’s no problem?”
“Based on the situation right now, no.” Doctor Jin let out a deep breath.
“Isn’t this… a pretty major surgery?”
“Yes, it’s just like the friendly matches NBA players participate in during their free ti.” Doctor Jin wanted to use the professional Go player as a taphor, but he did not as it might confuse the mbers of the i family. He then sighed internally.
This was not his first ti encountering an excellent surgeon. The more excellent surgeons he encountered, the more convinced he was that being a family doctor was a good decision.
“Wash the area with more saline than usual and aspirate. Lu Wenbin, you do it.” Ling Ran exercised his wrists, and a few clusters of adipose cells as well as fat fell off his hands in the process. He then said, “Get a new pair of gloves.”
Professor Huang quickly said, “Doctor Ling, please perform abdominal closure by yourself.”
“Alright.” Ling Ran was about to do so, anyway. It was not easy to close the abdon of a plump person, and it would be quite challenging for Lu Wenbin and the others.
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