Doctor: Picking Up Attributes in the Hospital-Chapter 485 - 392: Subtle Mastery, Sincerity in the Way
As soon as Huang Jincheng came in, he asked Gao Jun.
Despite Zhao Heng’s cooperation in this surgery, it was still led by Huang Jincheng, meaning that he actually bore the greatest pressure.
"The situation is stable, we can start the surgery now."
Gao Jun nodded to Huang Jincheng, speaking succinctly.
"Alright, let’s start the surgery."
Huang Jincheng nodded to Gao Jun and spoke to Zhao Heng.
Soon, the surgery began.
The atmosphere in the operating room turned extraordinarily tense. Apart from the "beep-beep" sound from the life monitor, there were no other noises in the operating room. Everyone dared not make any loud sounds, even breathing was very subtle, afraid of disturbing Huang Jincheng and Zhao Heng during the surgery.
"Director Zhou, you’re more experienced with obstetric lateral incisions, so you handle the main incision."
Huang Jincheng spoke to Zhou Hong.
This is the specialization of different fields; for any situation of the mother, what kind of incision to make is advantageous for the surgery and post-operative recovery. In this aspect, Director Zhou Hong, the head of obstetrics, certainly had the most experience among those present. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚
One could say that at every pre- and intra-operative stage, Eastern Hospital presented the most formidable candidates available.
"Director Zhou, the preoperative three-dimensional modeling shows the fetus is rather advanced."
Zhao Heng reminded Zhou Hong.
"Alright, noted."
Zhou Hong nodded.
For obstetrics, this surgery marked an epoch-making event; it held significant guiding implications for many fetuses with congenital developmental deformities in the future.
Previously, if it was detected that a fetus had such severe congenital deformities during pregnancy, obstetricians generally wouldn’t recommend the mother to keep the child.
A child born with severe deformities, even without considering whether it can survive and for how long, is not equipped for normal growth and development if it miraculously survives, posing tremendous pressure on the parents in all aspects.
Fetal anomaly refers to structural or chromosomal abnormalities occurring within the uterus. Fetal anomalies account for about 3% of live births. Globally, about 5 million babies with birth defects are born each year—one every 5 to 6 minutes—while in our country, the total number of congenitally disabled children is as high as 800 to 1.2 million, accounting for 4% to 6% of total births.
Every parent facing a fetus with congenital anomaly encounters immense hardship.
Should they harden their hearts and opt for induction, or bring the child into the world only to be lifelong occupied with the child’s illness and innate defects?
This is a tough choice.
In reality, the birth of a child with anomalies presents enormous challenges both to the family and the child.
Initially, parents of children with anomalies must expend more effort and resources. As anomaly becomes apparent at birth, parents invariably want to help their child improve the situation, requiring substantial financial investment for treatment and painstaking care of the child. Wealthier families manage better but those with average means struggle to afford steep treatment costs, while the dedication involved depletes both spouses physically and mentally.
Secondly, for the child whose life and future necessitate an exceedingly strong psyche to confront challenges.
In today’s fast-paced world, even normal individuals face challenging livelihood situations, let alone someone borne with defects!
If the child with anomaly doesn’t receive optimal treatment and possesses aberrant physical traits, it presents a significant challenge; even if no one casts strange glances at the child, the child will instinctively sense, "I’m different from other children." Many adults require substantial psychological endurance to face this, let alone a little child!
Subsequently, under Fang He’s cooperation, Zhou Hong cautiously made an incision.
To perform surgery on an unborn fetus, the first step is similar to a cesarean section, requiring an opening of the mother’s abdomen without fully extracting the fetus, just partially, as the heart is on the left side, permitting only the left portion to be extracted.
Additionally, with the mother’s uterus opened, the necessary amniotic fluid for the fetus’s birth would drain during surgery, necessitating the infusion of artificial amniotic fluid. The drainage and infusion processes of amniotic fluid represent the most risky moments in the surgery, where even slight carelessness could lead to placental detachment.
Through Zhou Hong and Fang He’s diligent operation, the incision was opened and the placenta enveloping the fetus was revealed before everyone’s eyes.
Looking at the small bundle before them within which a little life was nurtured, it was truly an extraordinarily miraculous feeling.
The creation of life is indeed a wondrous and incredible process. It involves life’s origin and inheritance; during this process, we can sense the greatness and infinity of nature, as well as perceive humanity’s own insignificance and fragility.
This process is filled with miracle and beauty.
Next up was the riskiest part of the surgery, performing an aortic valve stenosis blockage on this unborn fetus.
The aortic valve and pulmonary valve are crucial major blood vessels of the heart, featuring extremely intricate anatomical structures, particularly for the unborn fetus, where the heart’s diameter is incredibly small. Handling these cleverly invisible tiny blood vessels for cutting, transplanting, and coronary reconstitution necessitates extraordinary precision, experience, and expertise from the surgeon.
The heart is entirely composed of blood vessels, each akin to buried mines; for the unborn fetus, these vessels are only a few millimeters wide, where any minute bleeding leads to surgical failure.
The toughest phase commenced, with all present in the operating room holding their breath, even subconsciously softening their breathing to eliminate any noise that might interfere with Huang Jincheng and Zhao Heng’s handling.
On blood vessels mere millimeters in diameter, micro-operations are conducted, with only a select few individuals capable of achieving such feats even at the peak Eastern Hospital.
Huang Jincheng and Zhao Heng evidently belong to this elite group.
You could say Huang Jincheng and Zhao Heng’s present operations are exceedingly delicate; any minute hand movement deviation can cause bleeding, leading to instant surgical failure.
Hence, executing such intricate and challenging surgery necessitates utmost attention and concentration. Performing such surgery depletes energy equivalent to running a marathon.
Two hours later.
Huang Jincheng and Zhao Heng successfully completed this highly challenging surgery.
Carefully returning the fetus to the mother, Zhou Hong and Fang He finished closing the abdominal incision. Only at this point did everyone in the operating room dare to breathe normally, feeling immense pressure throughout this surgery.
Thankfully, Huang Jincheng and Zhao Heng withstood this pressure.
"Patient’s respiration, heartbeat, and blood pressure are normal, can be sent back to the ward."
At this point, Gao Jun reported on the patient’s life monitoring status.
Upon hearing Gao Jun’s words, Zhou Hong and Fang He, who were already prepared, collectively moved to escort the mother back to the ward.
Upon exiting the operating room, Zhao Heng noticed the patient’s family waiting outside. Besides the mother’s parents, Zhao Heng also saw a forty-to-fifty-year-old man exuding an extraordinary presence with a strong aura, dressed in a Zhongshan suit. The hospital director accompanied this man, engaged in conversation.
Seeing Zhao Heng and Huang Jincheng emerge, the director and the man stepped forward together. Before the director could speak, Huang Jincheng solemnly addressed him, "Mission accomplished."
"Thank you for your hard work."
The director nodded.
"Thank you for your efforts."
The authoritative man standing beside the director spoke to Zhao Heng and Huang Jincheng.
Despite it being merely a simple word of gratitude, to Zhao Heng and Huang Jincheng, it felt exceptionally weighty; it seemed no matter the words uttered by someone with a strong presence, they always resonated profoundly.
"You’re young Dr. Zhao, aren’t you? Young people should strive like you do. Well done."
The authoritative man took another look at Zhao Heng, speaking deliberately as if he had indelibly noted this young individual.
Few young people manage to stay in his awareness; each one can indeed be considered a star and a leading figure.
