80 Observe (1/2)

”We'll be performing a finger extension reconstruction operation.”

The chief surgeon, Ling Ran, stood in front of the operating table, as relaxed as ever.

”Understood.” Lu Wenbin was his assistant. He was also rather laid-back and was even in high spirits.

Ma Yanlin folded his arms, stood at a corner, and observed them quietly. Thousands of thoughts ran through his mind.

The anesthetist Su Jiafu sat beside a pile of instruments on a stool while he had a foot on another stool.

Ling Ran first used a pen to scribble down some notes and then used the Specialist Level Fiddle Bow Hold to cut through the skin between the patient's two muscles.

When the scalpel touched the patient's skin, a whole lot of information was released into Ling Ran's mind.

'The skin on his palm was tougher. It would become thinner at the thenar and become thicker at the intersection between the palm and hypothenar. Therefore, if I want to cut into him and only intend to slice open the skin, I must adjust the pressure accordingly.'

Everyone knew the theories when it came to human anatomies, but there were not many doctors who could do it when they needed to truly operate on a patient.

Most doctors would not care whatsoever and just start operating away. Their skill levels were limited, and they could not ask too much of themselves. At most, the patient would only end up with a slight worse prognosis and an uglier wound.

Ling Ran's first operation had been even more of a disaster. He was not even able to determine the accurate length of the incision.

However, Ling Ran was different today.

As of today, Ling Ran had three thousand upper limb dissection cases stored in his head.

When he saw the patient's hand, Ling Ran could almost immediately deduce the hardness and thickness of the skin.

And when the scalpel went into the patient's hand, he found that the results were exactly as he thought they would be!

Then, he peeled away the thin adipose tissue layer and gazed at the muscles...

Even Ling Ran's movements when he handled the knife look extraordinarily casual.

He was like the the cook in 'The Dexterous Butcher'[1] cutting open an ox with ease. But when Ling Ran thought about it carefully, perhaps the cook Ting did not dissect three thousand oxes, let alone performed three thousand regional anatomical dissection on their hooves.

As for dissection under a microscope?

That was even more impossible.

If dissection of ox hooves was carried out according to the current anatomical dissection methodology, it would be necessary to ensure the complete reassembly of the ox, while breaking it down to microscopic detail. Forget about whether cook Ting possessed this knowledge or not, the ox that was dissected would be impossible to eat.

”The operation seems pretty smooth today.”

Lu Wenbin could only sense that Ling Ran's movements were very smooth. He also tried to strike up a conversation.

A surgery without any chatter was like steaming a fish without first letting out its blood. Both were incredibly unpleasant.

Ling Ran nodded slightly and said, ”It IS rather smooth.”

”You are getting better at it.”

”Yup.” Ling Ran's short reply left Lu Wenbin at a loss for words, and he also killed the conversation. He just continued looking at himself performing the surgery with his head down, and while he watched, he recalled the steps.

The procedure for each operation was about the same. Each time before a surgeon stood in front of the operating table, the surgeon would also envision the correct way of the operation in their mind.

They would envision themselves selecting the right position, imagine themselves completing the procedure properly, and imagine themselves finishing the surgery easily... without the occurrence of any accidents.

Oh, if only no accidents happened!

Doctors knew accidents would occur during surgery, but they hoped that the accidents would be within acceptable margins. In other words, no accidents.

In the eyes of doctors, the perfect operation was a surgery that adhered to procedural steps without any accidents.

Although doctors would switch some things up during the surgery, every change also meant a huge amount of preparations before it was implemented during surgery. For example, Jin Bo Tang took about eight years to make some variations to the M-Tang technique.

As for the patients, they absolutely would not want to have anything out of the ordinary happening to them. Hence, doctors were forced to perform impromptu if accidents occurred.

*Swish*

Just as the tendon was exposed, the airtight access door of the operating room was opened.