Chapter 196: Difficult Intestinal Anastomosis. To Become a Great Tree, Do Not Compete with Grass_3
Buying mice for vascular anastomosis practice costs a large portion of their salary.
Mice for medical experiments are quite expensive, with better ones costing over 200 yuan each. They are completely different from the pet mice sold on the market.
Mice used for medical research are strictly bred in the laboratory.
They meet numerous testing standards.
Market mice only cost a few yuan each, not to mention the terrifying bacteria and viruses they carry.
"The practice method might not be much different from your usual practice. I usually do a bit more anastomosis on the tail vessels and intestines of the mice. As for other practice methods, there really aren't any."
Zhou Can now buys fewer mice.
Because practicing on mice no longer significantly increases his Experience Points, neither time nor money is worthwhile.
At his current level, directly practicing on patients is the fastest way to earn Experience Points.
He used to buy mice in batches of ten.
A single purchase could cost up to two thousand yuan.
Not to mention the cost of the cages.
"Stingy!"
Qiu Hong absolutely doesn't believe that he could improve so quickly just by practicing on mice.
"I'm not lying to you."
Zhou Can is somewhat at a loss for words.
He could never disclose the matter of the medical experience value system to outsiders.
It's his core secret.
"I don't care, whenever I come to consult you, you have to teach me. After all, you are my junior!"
She plays the ultimate privilege of a beautiful woman, acting coquettish and cute.
Leaving Zhou Can with no choice but to agree.
Seeing the usually aloof Dr. Qiu Hong being flirtatiously reproachful towards Zhou Can, a new resident, and even playing the card of senior and junior relationship.
Other male doctors are envious.
Such an opportunity is something many men dream of.
Yet Zhou Can doesn't feel much.
Because his girlfriend is younger, prettier than Qiu Hong, and more importantly, they have a deep emotional foundation.
A man's upper body is about upbringing, the lower body about instinct.
And another saying goes, a real man is one who can control his desires.
Pink tents, the graves of heroes.
Many heroes have fallen for the charms of a beauty.
Especially in China, which has experienced thousands of years of feudal society. Almost all great literary figures have one thing in common, that is romance.
This has a significant impact on later generations.
Even today, men still long for the life of a landlord with multiple wives and concubines.
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Twenty minutes later, Zhou Can and other doctors gradually returned to the operating room.
The patient was placed on the operating table.
She is a colorectal cancer patient, diagnosed after a colonoscopic biopsy.
After reviewing the imaging, Director Jia believes there is still a chance for surgery.
The patient is not particularly old, only thirty-eight. She has two children; the elder is only nine, and the younger is six. She is very reluctant to leave this world.
She wants to grow up with her children.
She doesn't want her children to lose their mother at a young age.
"Director Jia, doctors, nurses, please take care of me!"
The female patient's eyes reveal a strong desire to live.
From her conversation and composed demeanor in the face of illness, it is evident she is highly cultivated.
If it were an ordinary female patient, lying naked, covered only with a cloth, would be enough to make them feel embarrassed, unable to even make eye contact.
She overcomes the embarrassment, faces it calmly, and politely asks the medical staff to treat her, which is already quite remarkable.
In reality, doctors truly do not differentiate between genders.
During surgery, everyone is focused on how to perform well for the patient, the entire process is full of risks, and there's no room to consider whether the patient is male or female.
The anesthesiologist for this operation is still Dr. Guan.
Zhou Can doesn't need to be asked; he proactively steps forward to assist.
As for other doctors, they choose to observe from the side.
They also know how to intubate.
But when it comes to operating various machines, connecting them, and adjusting ventilator parameters, they are not as proficient as Zhou Can.
Even many doctors, although they've reached the level of attending physician, only know how to use a ventilator.
They don't know how to adjust the parameters flexibly.
This is because their training time in the Intensive Care Medicine Department is very short, so they learn very limited material.
But it's alright, as long as they perform well later, they can fully strive for opportunities to further study in the Intensive Care Medicine Department.
That would allow them to make up for what they haven't learned.
After successfully preparing the patient with a breathing mask, life-monitoring device probes, necessary intubation, and pathway setup, then implementing general anesthesia.
While the patient is undergoing general anesthesia, Zhou Can starts to carefully review the patient's examination reports.
He has encountered many cancer patients, having seen all types of cancers.
Colorectal cancer is a relatively common type.
Especially for people who eat irregularly, unhealthily, and don't exercise, it is more likely to occur.
In addition to healthy eating and regular exercise, regular colonoscopy screenings are very necessary for prevention.
Especially if direct relatives or family members are diagnosed with similar cancers, one needs to be more vigilant.
While training in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Zhou Can saw a family of five siblings, three of whom had liver cancer.
Often, cancer clusters together like mice in a nest.
For example, in families that love eating cured meats and fried foods, if they live together, they definitely consume a lot more. If one person gets cancer, the risk for others significantly increases.
There are also genetic factors.
These remain unresolved.
"Who will perform the opening?"
Director Jia asked.
"I will!"
"Me, me!"
This time it got interesting, whether it was the deputy director who always counted on his rank, or the several attending physicians, all of them were eager to act.
On the other hand, Zhou Can didn't vie for the chance to open the abdomen.
For him, an abdominal opening was just a few more Cutting Experience Points.
Aspiring to be a towering tree does not compete with the grass.
When it's time to give up minor benefits, one must decisively let go.
He now targets more challenging tasks like segmental intestinal isolation, resection, anastomosis, or other new high-difficulty surgical tasks.
Let them vie for the opening and closing of the cavity.
The first time he competed with them was mainly to demonstrate his skills and gain the trust and recognition of Director Jia.
Now that this goal has been achieved, he naturally doesn't compete anymore.