Chapter 187 Finally Got It, One-on-One Training_2
Zhou Can is Dr. Xu's disciple, having already grasped a hint of the essence of the Fast Knife Skill, he should be the second fastest in operating speed.
"Understood!"
After gaining preliminary trust from Director Le, Zhou Can was about to start the incision.
The second assistant and the other doctors remained full of apprehension.
"Director Le, allowing him, a resident, to undertake such a risky part of the surgery, isn't that too daring?"
If something went wrong, it wouldn't just be Director Le taking responsibility.
They would be unlucky as well.
"Trust the ones you use, don't use those you doubt. As far as I know, he has already participated in many high-risk surgeries in Orthopedics and Neurosurgery, including several Level 4 major operations. I believe he wouldn't gamble with a patient's life."
Despite the opposition, Director Le insisted on letting Zhou Can complete the most difficult separation task.
From his words, one could tell he had a certain understanding of Zhou Can's past.
This was very normal.
The circle was just that small, and the department directors at Tuya Hospital had established cross-departmental friendships.
Especially since Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, and Cardiothoracic Surgery all fell under the category of general surgery.
It was like one big family.
Private contacts between the big shots of each department and the occasional chat were too common.
This was also why Zhou Can never dared to lie.
A casual inquiry from others and his lies would immediately be exposed.
Lying was essentially self-destructive to his career.
"Xiao Zhou, start!"
"Okay!"
Zhou Can began to swiftly separate the thymic tumor.
The reason why the separation was difficult was mainly due to the adhesion of connective tissue, surrounded by a lot of fat, and its proximity to the heart.
For Director Le to let him operate was a tremendous show of trust.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!
The Fast Knife Skill integrated with the Separation Skill, his speed, efficiency, and precision of separation were awe-inspiring.
Time slipped away minute by minute.
Each minute and second was incredibly thrilling for all the doctors present.
Zhou Can's speed of operation completely refreshed their cognition.
Never had they imagined someone could separate so swiftly.
Director Le and the second assistant were not too surprised, as they had experienced Dr. Xu's surgical techniques.
Compared with Dr. Xu, Zhou Can still had a significant gap.
The impressions left by Dr. Xu's pinnacle Fast Knife Skill on patients during surgery would stay with anyone who saw it for a lifetime. It was nothing short of astonishingly brilliant.
"Done!"
Zhou Can looked up at the clock, it took 23 minutes.
This was his longest time spent separating tissue, normally it would take just a dozen minutes, and he even had a history of completing it in mere seconds.
The difficulty in separating this thymic tumor was truly high.
"This, this is already done?"
The second assistant spoke somewhat inarticulately.
He had considered how to handle it if Zhou Can accidentally cut a major blood vessel, or if Zhou Can only partially separated before withdrawing halfway, but he never expected Zhou Can to completely separate the entire thymus including the tumor in less than half an hour.
"Director Le, may I proceed to remove the entire thymus and tumor?"
Zhou Can was pushing his luck.
Desperately seizing the surgical opportunity.
Just now, by separating the entire thymus including the tumor, he had gained a large amount of Separation Experience Points.
Not to mention, just the first-time separation of such highly difficult organ tissue, the additional reward of 100 Separation Experience Points was enough to make him extremely happy.
For nearly five months, he hadn't experienced such a thoroughly satisfying surgery.
In the intensive medical department, needless to say, there were very few opportunities for surgery.
The only significant operation he performed in Cardiothoracic Surgery was the open chest hemostasis surgery he had done with Doctor Long.
"Go ahead!"
Director Le's confidence in him only grew.
Since Zhou Can had successfully completed the most difficult task of separating the thymus and tumor, what could be said about a removal that was ten times simpler?
He decisively let Zhou Can proceed.
Zhou Can first freed the thymic veins, then showcased an Associate Director Level Ligation Skill.
After ligating and cutting the veins, he carefully removed the entire thymus and the tumor.
The surgery wasn't over at this point.
It was only the completion of the most crucial part.
After clearing around the tissue with no hidden dangers, Zhou Can looked at the ruptured arterial vessel.
"Director Le..."
"If you're confident, then do it. The riskiest part of separating and removing the thymus and tumor has been entrusted to you, what's left but repairing this blood vessel?" Director Le watched the surgery progress smoothly, advancing triumphantly, annihilating the 'enemy's' main forces.
He was indeed pleased.
It was like when an emperor utilized a young general, who turned out to be a god of war named Huo Qubing that quickly devastated the Xiongnu, causing them to flee in utter defeat beyond the southern desert. From then on, there were no royal courts south of the desert, and the Xiongnu disturbances were completely quelled.
Director Le's bold use of Zhou Can was as successful as Emperor Wu's utilization of Huo Qubing.
Zhou Can first separated the ends of the ruptured vessel, trimmed it, and then performed anastomosis.
The Associate Director Level of suturing and ligation skills was truly satisfying.
Even with just lower-than-average attending physician level Anastomosis Skill, he managed an effect that was not inferior to Associate Director Level.
[Congratulations on your first successful anastomosis of a major cardiac arterial vessel, rewarded with 100 Suturing Skill Experience Points, 100 Ligation Skill Experience Points, 100 Anastomosis Skill Experience Points.]
Zhou Can received a total of 300 Experience Points as a reward, which left him grinning from ear to ear.
After raising the Suturing Skill and Ligation Skill to Level 5, upgrading further would require a hundred thousand Experience Points.