Chapter 22 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

[Kneel before your G.o.d.]

The silence lasted a moment before comments once again poured into the Xinglin Garden livestream.

Most standard appendectomies took longer than what they had just witnessed, what more in an expecting mother. Although no one in the chatroom had performed such surgery before, they understood its sheer difficulty.

Despite its complexity, the surgery had been completed within ten minutes.

Viewers entering the livestream at this point were only greeted with the finale.

[Was I late again? Some consolation please.]

[You missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This live surgery was one-in-a-billion.]

[Isn’t it an appendectomy during pregnancy? How did it end so soon? I just made a cup of coffee in expectation of a three-hour operation.]

Some users grumbled while others teased them. Meanwhile, those who caught the livestream from start to end were still up to their eyes in disbelief.

A minute pa.s.sed and incoming messages all sang praises, posting ‘666¹‘ in the chatroom.

[Accurate incision point, effective local anesthesia, a clean and successful surgery. Amazing!]

[I think I’m gonna stay up. I’m suddenly inspired to write an article on elective incisions. Any recommended papers?]

[In my opinion, the administration of the anesthesthetic was the key step. I personally have never seen a patient not feel any sort of pain under local anesthesia, but maybe that’s just me.]

The operation had ended earlier than antic.i.p.ated, but the livestream chatroom was still buzzing with users a.n.a.lyzing and discussing what they had just witnessed.

Some doctors wanted to use the video as an educational material while some planned to use this appendectomy during pregnancy for a case study discussion.

In the surgical demonstration cla.s.sroom of Sea City General Hospital, Old Chief Physician Pan sat on his couch calmly. He looked down at the empty operating theater and smiled.

In the same room, Chief Surgeon Liu still had a look of bewilderment on his face. He was at a loss.

Since Zheng Ren’s transfer to Sea City General Hospital, he had been in the general surgery department, where Chief Surgeon Liu could not figure out the man’s surgical caliber.

There was nothing impressive about performing a routine appendectomy without another surgeon’s a.s.sistance.

However, this surgery was an appendectomy during pregnancy. It was a blow to Chief Surgeon Liu’s pride.

If he were the one at the operating table, would the surgery have been as clean?

No.

Most definitely not.

Even if the patient was on continuous epidural anesthesia, he would have followed the textbook-recommended incision at McBurney’s point, right next to the rectus abdominis.

Following that, some time would have been spent on searching for the swollen appendix. Moving the intestines around might have caused the patient discomfort and increased the risk of miscarriage, but it would have been necessary.

How did Zheng Ren manage to pinpoint the exact spot? Who taught him such skill?

This would have been a jackpot for Chief Surgeon Liu were it not Zheng Ren who was performing the surgery. He would have brought the video recording home for research.

Any discovery related to surgical entry technique was worth a lot.

Curses!

Chief Surgeon Liu clenched his fists tightly as anger leaked out from within his heart.

“What do you think, Chief Surgeon Liu?” Old Chief Physician Pan was now on the offensive. “Zheng Ren is still young. If you have any opinions on his methods in this case, I’ll guide him to improve.”

‘Opinions? F*cking opinions!’ Chief Surgeon Liu fumed internally.

‘What f*cking opinions can I have? Even I want to bring that videotape back, and you dare ask me if I have f*cking opinions!’ Chief Surgeon Liu thought.