Chapter 80 - Let Him Take Over The Surgery (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The investigation results came back promptly, and the patient had no contraindications for surgery.
Just as Chang Yue was about to perform preoperative counseling, Su Yun appeared at the doorstep and signaled her to come out with a wave.
“Yes?” asked Chang Yue impatiently. Strangely enough, Su Yun’s charm was impotent here as she was greatly annoyed at him for interrupting her work.
Su Yun was briefly stunned before a sincere smile formed on his face.
Flowers bloomed as if spring had fallen at that moment.
“Since the general surgery department is handling the operation, best if you don’t explain the procedures yourself,” said Su Yun.
“Huh? Why?”
“What is the main point of your counseling?”
“Laparoscopy, of course,” replied Chang Yue whose patience was wearing thin.
“What if laparoscopic surgery fails? They’ll then proceed with laparotomy, which means there is a problem in preoperative counseling. Be careful, you might end up becoming a scapegoat again,” explained Su Yun, who knew that she had taken the blame in the obstetrics department before.
Chang Yue froze for a moment and immediately realized the point Su Yun was trying to make.
“Then…” She s.h.i.+fted her gaze into the room.
“Chief Zheng, let the general surgery department counsel the patient and family members themselves,” Su Yun’s words always sounded cynical when he spoke to Zheng Ren.
Zheng Ren was also aware of the trouble, which he failed to consider in the beginning, lurking in the shadows and understood Su Yun’s motives instantly.
Instead of being meddlesome, he actually found it necessary to take precautions in this case. Thus, he informed Chief Surgeon Sun about this issue.
Chief Surgeon Sun smiled bitterly and thought, ‘Why are these emergency doctors a pain in the *ss?’
“Chief Zheng, I didn’t hide anything from you when I brought you to the operating theater in the past,” he whispered.
Zheng Ren stared at him with a bewildered expression.
Why did Chief Surgeon Sun even bring up the past? It was true that he had a.s.sisted Chief Surgeon Sun in past surgeries despite not being in the same department, but those were rare occasions and definitely involved less than five cases in total.
“If I can’t complete the surgery, you must help me.” Chief Surgeon Sun had a bad feeling about this case for some inexplicable reason, and his gaze radiated helplessness as if he was trying to say, “Please give a brother a hand.”
From Chief Surgeon Sun’s skills alone, there was no way he would have said this to Zheng Ren.
However, the fact that Zheng Ren had performed many difficult surgeries, including the parasitic biliary obstruction case, constantly refreshed Chief Surgeon Sun’s evaluation of him.
The rise of the younger generation was unstoppable.
Chief Surgeon Sun was mild-tempered and gentle compared to Chief Surgeon Liu of the first general surgery department, which was why he could throw aside his dignity and ask a youngster for help at a critical juncture.
“Oh, that’s too polite of you,” Zheng Ren quickly wore a polite smile and bowed slightly, a typical gesture noted in a junior, and said, “If you can’t do it, neither can I. However, if the need arises, please do let me know.”
Chief Surgeon Sun finally smiled in relief.
It was much easier to deal with Zheng Ren than Old Chief Physician Pan, likely due to the fact that Zheng Ren had only been promoted recently and still had the mentality of a junior doctor.
They could not continue the conversation any further as the patient’s family and the directors of the hospital were still on the scene.
Soon, Chief Surgeon Sun’s subordinate acquired signatures on the preoperative informed consent doc.u.ments. After that, the group went to the operating theater.
Zheng Ren had no intention of observing the surgery and chose to read his book in the office. Su Yun decided to stay as well, seemingly uninterested in anything, young and beautiful nurses included, apart from his phone.
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After the anesthesia was administered, Chief Surgeon Sun stood before the operating table and began creating a pneumoperitoneum.
The Veress needle pierced into the peritoneal cavity and 15mmHg of carbon dioxide was insufflated afterward.
Instead of performing a conventional three-incision laparoscopic surgery, Chief Surgeon Sun chose to insert two trocars lateral to the left and right rectus abdominis muscles.
There was a high probability that laparoscopy would fail, which was why he chose these unusual entry points.
Using a dissector, he separated a small part of the tissue and was welcomed by severe intraperitoneal adhesions without any gaps at all, especially in the upper peritoneal cavity.