Chapter 339 - PEEK Polyme (1/1)

Chapter 339: PEEK Polymer

Translator: Lonelytree

It was local time, September 18th 2021 when the international joint unit reappeared at Isla Salas y Gomez At 18:12 of the saery on Gu Jun; his heart regained function at 18:37 His EF, or Ejection Fraction, a measurement of how much blood the left ventricle puerously low 10 percent for the standard value is at 50 to 70 percent Due to ht parafrontalia, the teaeons led by Si Kouxian conducted a craniotomy on Gu Jun at 18:42 The incision was made and the skull drilled to remove carene, cerebral dura and clear away blood clots

Out of consideration to Gu Jun’s ht cause a high risk of high cranial pressure or post-op brain edeery, therefore the team decided to reht skull Half of his scalp had a sunken impression If he survived, they would perforery Thankfully Gu Jun did not suffer from any other brain trauma so the craniotomy only took 4 hours to complete

Then it was ti to do their work They conducted debride on many soft tissues Then it was followed by open reduction internal fixation of bone fractures at the pales, cubitus and lower left tibia as well as reduction surgery at shoulder joints From these traumas, the doctors sur to cushi+on the fall Then he knocked the right side of his head It hy he suffered heavier trauma on his upper body Thankfully, his lower body was not affected that seriously and it provided a safe spot for the ECMO surgery to conduct cannulation

The surgeries came one after another It took a total of 22 hours When everything was over, it was already 21:25 on Septehout this period, the ECMO tea kept a close observation on Gu Jun’s vitals and readings These operations complicated the utilization of the ECMO machine Thankfully, the team was very experienced and they maintained a stable condition for Gu Jun

Experts like Lee Cheng and Zhang Zeli from the pulmonary departh Gu Jun’s heart had regained autono Gu Jun’s last physical check, his heart was healthy enough to support hie of 120 years old but now the reports showed that he suffered from asystole But with the support and effort of the medical team, Gu Jun did not suffer a second cardiac arrest His haemodynamics slowly stabilized and his ef rose back to 20 percent and he recovered weak breathing At that moment, the team could finally say they had won the first battle

Everyone sighed in relief But there was still a long, arduous battle ahead On the afternoon of September 20th, Gu Jun’s EF dropped back to 10 percent and x-ray scanning showed that there was great effusion in his chest His lungs showed inflaical room to deal with these complications This battle took up yet another 30 hours

The 21st was the Mid-Autumn Festival Wu Siyu and the rest spent it on the destroyer Gu Jun’s craniotoood news The other good neas his ECMO surgery did not suffer blood leakage and it did not cause calf swelling After these hurdles, Gu Jun’s condition started to stabilize and theand care A week after the surgeries, his EF rose back to 30 percent; and after another week, it rose up to 40 percent His vitals stabilized and therefore 14 days after the ECMO surgery, the team detached him from the system and transferred him to ICU

By then, Gu Jun’s team had already been sent back to the headquarters at Da Hwa City for subsequentXimei woke up on September 23rd Despite some minor headache, she was mentally sound Her body was fine but she appeared to have lost the power of speech Due to her performance in this mission, she was officially accepted into the Spell Depart that she could one day unlock her full potential However, for now, she still needed many recuperative treat Ximei’s recovery but on October 6th, their mood dropped back down

This was the 18th day Xue Ba was on ECMO There was a blood infection that caused lungs and liver failure Thebut it was to no avail On 23:36 that night, the team officially announced Xue Ba’s death This was a heavy blow for everyone at Phecda Xue Ba, the team leader of Special Mobile Force, Dee of 39

Gu Jun’s condition was not that opti had recovered and he had been taken off anaesthetic, he showed no sign of resuscitation The encephalogram confirmed that he was unconscious, this all pointed towards brain death Even the experts could not give a clear diagnosis on issues regarding the brain He ht wake up tomorrow…

The days went by On the 18th of October, Gu Jun was still unconscious He iven a hero’s burial at Phecda Revolutionary Memorial Park Everyone was present except one

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On the 60th day of his co showed that his bone fracture recovered nicely so the teaiven the best care The teae and physical therapy to ht but he did not suffer from muscular atrophy

On the 90th day of his coma, 3 months after the craniotoery on him They used the best material, PEEK or polyether ether ketone PEEK offers optiery was very successful A polymer was now added inside Gu Jun’s skull but it was not visible from the outside His face still looked the same

It was finally December 31st, the last day of 2021 By then, Gu Jun had been comatose for 103 days already

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