Surgery Godfather
Chapter 1103 - 892: Dual Chief Surgeon_2

Chapter 1103: Chapter 892: Dual Chief Surgeon_2

To master the coronary bypass surgery, Little Five and Zhang Lin practiced on pigs in the animal experiment building, training the technique of vascular anastomosis without stopping the heart. They utilized almost every blood vessel on the pig’s heart, continuously repeating the training.

As the saying goes, hard work pays off. Finally, the brothers mastered the skill of performing vascular anastomosis on a beating heart, and today they finally had the chance to showcase their extraordinary skill.

In the past, similar surgeries were performed under the guidance of Song Zimo, but this was the first time Little Five was performing a coronary bypass surgery independently.

Currently, Little Five was still a bit nervous. At this moment, Zhang Lin encouraged Little Five, "Brother Five! Don’t worry, this is a piece of cake for you."

What was there to be nervous about! Little Five steadied his spirit and stabilized his hands. He rested after every stitch, adjusting his breathing before continuing with the next one.

Yang Ping was watching the screen on the wall. Little Five’s movements were slow, but the quality of each stitch was still good. There was no need for rework, so the overall speed seemed not too slow. Both Zhang Lin and Little Five shared a common characteristic in their surgeries. Their speed was slow not because of dawdling, but due to their meticulousness. They prioritized the quality of each step. Indeed, they had achieved this, each surgical step was not perfect, but it was definitely up to standard.

"Teacher Zhang, can you please check how the quality of these stitches is?" Little Five was unsure.

Zhang Lin looked and said, "Very good, rest assured."

With the affirmative response from Zhang Ning, Little Five felt more confident. Perhaps the regular training had accustomed them to each other’s cooperation. For these critical steps, Little Five was unsure until he got affirmation from his partner.

Hearing Zhang Lin say the quality of the vascular anastomosis was very good, Little Five continued with the anastomosis, maintaining that quality.

Thus, Little Five had already sewn up the front side of the blood vessel. He now began preparing to anastomose the other side of the vessel.

"Wait a moment, let me help you turn the vessel over."

Zhang Lin carefully handled the traction thread with micro forceps, flipping the vessel over, turning the already-sewed half underneath and the unsewed half up for a swap.

Xia Shu, being a cardiac surgeon himself, was very familiar with heart coronary bypass surgeries. He had also been focusing on coronary bypass surgeries for some time. Seeing Zhang Lin and Little Five’s operation, Xia Shu was quite impressed. These two seemed slow in their surgical speed, but the total operation time was not too long, as each step they took was purposeful and effective.

This is like typing. Some people’s typing speed isn’t fast, but the characters they type are accurate, with no need for selection or correction, typing one character correctly at a time.

There are others who type very fast, rattling on the keyboard, but they often spend time choosing characters and have to go back to correct mistakes.

Eventually, when comparing how many words are typed in a minute, it turns out that the seemingly slower typing speed is actually faster.

Little Five was very patient. After anastomosing one end of the blood vessel, he then connected the other end. The bypass had four anastomosis sites, which Little Five slowly anastomosed.

After completing the two blood vessels, Little Five examined the spacing and margins of his stitches, unsure if he needed extra stitches, so he asked Zhang Lin again, "Teacher Zhang, can you check the stitch and edge spacing to see if it needs extra stitches?"

Zhang Lin squinted and looked at the anastomosed vessel, "No need for more! We’ll see after we restore blood flow. If it leaks, then we can add stitches later."

The vascular clamp was released, and a slight seepage of blood appeared at the anastomosis site. Being his first surgery, Little Five was a little nervous, "Why is it leaking blood?"

Zhang Lin was very confident, "Brother Five, don’t worry, it’s normal. There’s always a bit of seepage when the blood flow is restored. I’ll observe for five minutes before deciding."

Little Five looked at the electronic clock on the wall, noted the start time, and began to observe the seepage at the anastomosis site.

Five minutes is exactly five minutes, not a second more, not a second less. Exactly after five minutes, Little Five released the gauze he was holding. Indeed, there was no leakage from the vessel. It was clean and clear, indicating that the surgery had been successful.

With this step completed, the coronary artery bypass surgery could be considered successful. What remained were just the finishing touches.

The three doctors present could not help but admire Little Five and Zhang Lin at this point.

Little Five and Zhang Lin had been seen as mere subordinates in their eyes before, thought to only be capable of writing medical records and changing medications, playing minor roles in the operating room. However, after these two surgeries, they no longer dared underestimate Little Five and Zhang Lin. Now, they were capable of being chief surgeons for spinal deformity correction and coronary bypass surgeries.

At this moment, Zhang Lin and Little Five were greatly esteemed in their hearts. These two could fit the level of department directors in secondary provincial hospitals elsewhere.

Seeing that the coronary artery was pulsating well and there was no obvious bleeding, Little Five sighed in relief.

"Dr. Liang! Please check the patient’s vital signs."

"Patrolling beauty, can you check how much urine there is?"

Little Five’s voice was extremely gentle, very much like that of a highly qualified senior professor,

This gentle and refined image, compared to Zhang Lin’s previously high-and-mighty demeanor, was clearly more likable.

"Zhang Lin, take a look, this is the true demeanor of a senior professor. Learn something." Zhou Can said while checking the patient’s urine bag.

Zhang Lin glared at her, "As a patrolling nurse, you need to adapt to different styles."

Oh! Professor Yang is amazing, so is the Surgical Research Institute. Quietly and inconspicuously, the doctors from the Surgical Research Institute had grown rapidly.

Dr. Jin and Dr. Wen rarely came to this operating room to observe, and they knew nothing about the situation here.

Without seeing it, you wouldn’t know; once you see it, it’s startling. The gap is truly significant; not to mention comparing oneself with Song Zimo and Xu Zhiliang, even compared to these two helpers, there was a definite gap.

They had previously been resident doctors, and it was only recently that they had been promoted to attending doctors. How had they become so impressive?

It was said that these two were trained by Song Zimo and Xu Zhiliang, who in turn were personally trained by Yang Ping. How impressive must they be now?

Dr. Jin and Dr. Wen didn’t know, but Xia Shu did. He wouldn’t comment on other surgeries, but now, considering the level of coronary bypasses, especially Song Zimo’s level, it surpassed that of all the doctors he had seen, except for Professor Yang.

"Teacher Zhang, I am ready to close the chest, is that alright?"

Fearing he might have missed a step, Little Five sought Zhang Lin’s opinion before closing the chest. Zhang Lin thought for a moment, "Close the chest! Remember to place a drainage tube, Guodong, prepare the drainage tube."

Their surgery time was a bit lengthy; the spine correction took about four hours, and the coronary bypass took about the same amount of time.

The speed of their surgeries, if compared to Song Zimo and Xu Zhiliang, would be at a level warranting criticism. However, taken outside, this speed wasn’t too low; it was considered above the middle level, and most importantly, their surgical quality was quite good, definitely excellent if taken externally.

Yang Ping was very satisfied, pleased with their performance, and satisfied with the apprenticeship Song Zimo and Xu Zhiliang provided.

The Surgical Research Institute practiced a mentor-mentee system, Song Zimo mentored Xiao Wu, and Xu Zhiliang mentored Zhang Lin.

If anyone was lackadaisical or secretive during teaching, it was absolutely not allowed.

Moreover, in the Surgical Research Institute, the training of doctors had a clear plan and schedule, first learning anatomy knowledge, then drawing anatomy diagrams, followed by dissecting cadavers, and then operating on pigs.

Throughout the entire process, they regularly trained in the basics of surgery, with Zhang Lin and Little Five maintaining an average of one hour of such training per day.

The training for surgery was to first be an assistant, then as chief surgeon for surgeries on experimental pigs, and finally performing surgeries under the guidance of senior doctors.

The practical training for surgery was also very strict. The training checklist for surgeries had quantified regulations on how many operations of each type needed to be performed.

The senior doctors, Song Zimo and Xu Zhiliang, would guide them through the surgeries listed on the checklist, hands-on, and only after qualifying in lower-level surgeries did they have the chance to advance to higher-level surgical training.

Zhang Lin and Little Five were trained according to this plan and sequence; they can be said to be the Surgical Research Institute’s trial batch of mass-trained surgeons, with Song Zimo and Xu Zhiliang being handcrafted products of Yang Ping.

Thus, Zhang Lin and Little Five were the first-generation products off the production line of the Surgical Research Institute.

From what could be seen now, the training scheme was a success.