My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points-Chapter 1253 - 494: Using the Scalpel as Footing, Doctors Must Do More Than Treat Disease
In the operating room, the anesthesiologist Qu Zi and the anesthetic nurse were administering general anesthesia to the patient.
Since the last conversation with Zhou Can, she started appearing more frequently in emergency department surgeries. Whenever a surgery requiring general anesthesia or spinal anesthesia was needed, Zhou Can would consult her.
Sometimes, she felt the surgical risks were too high and didn’t agree to take the risk.
Zhou Can could only try his best to persuade her.
Fortunately, she had a lot of trust in Zhou Can’s surgical abilities, and they had cooperated many times, building a foundation of trust between them. So, in most cases, Zhou Can successfully convinced her.
After the patient was under general anesthesia, Zhou Can began performing the abdominal surgery on the patient.
Due to the patient’s extremely weak physical condition, akin to a lamp in a rainy night that could go out at any moment, as soon as the surgery started, Qu Zi was already tense.
Luckily, Zhou Can’s surgical speed was not only fast but also very steady.
During the abdominal incision, with Level 6 Incision Skill and the enhancement of the Fast Knife Skill and Stable Knife Technique, it was truly smooth like flowing water.
Opening the abdominal cavity, heading straight to the source of bleeding in the ileocecal region.
In the ileocecal region, a large mass with a diameter exceeding 9cm was found.
The wall of the mass was extremely thick.
"Wow, how did such a big mass grow?"
Dr. Xu stood beside his apprentice, quite surprised to see such a large mass.
"Feels like it’s not a tumor, but likely filled with blood!"
Zhou Can’s Level 6 Wound Cleaning Skill was not given in vain.
He stared at the mass, studied it for a few moments, and pressed it slightly with his finger, already having some insight.
"Instructor, should we aspirate the fluid from the mass first?"
"No worries! This mass is also not easy to aspirate, it might break with just a touch."
Dr. Xu’s surgical experience surely surpasses Zhou Can’s by many times.
If he said it was fine, he wouldn’t be mistaken.
In terms of surgical caution, Dr. Xu claims second place, and no one dares to claim first.
After all, he once had an accident that completely destroyed his future and life. Once bitten by a snake, afraid of ropes for ten years.
During surgeries, Dr. Xu was not only strict with the doctors below but even more strict with himself.
No matter how much he admired Zhou Can, if Zhou Can dared to be careless during surgery, he would guarantee being scolded until he couldn’t lift his head.
Zhou Can tried to move the mass with his hand to separate its adhesions from the surrounding tissues.
Swish!
Unexpectedly, just as he moved it, it burst immediately.
Blood flowed out instantly.
"Yang Zhi, aspirate the blood!"
"Okay!"
Actually, Yang Zhi was already prepared without Zhou Can’s instruction.
"Your team would be more complete with another scrub nurse,"
Anesthetic nurse Qin Yue said from the side.
She wasn’t much of a talker before, but since Qu Zi mentioned wanting to be united with Zhou Can’s team, every time she saw Zhou Can, she’d smile and nod. During surgery, if she noticed any issues or deficiencies, she would actively point them out.
"Well, I do want to hire another surgical nurse to alleviate Qiao Yu’s work pressure, but you know, the surgeries I currently perform are mainly Level 1 and Level 2, not enough to sustain that many people!"
Zhou Can’s explanation was quite modest.
Considering his surgical team’s terrifying daily surgery volume, recruiting another scrub nurse would definitely be sustainable.
However, this would certainly reduce Qiao Yu and Ma Xiaolan’s income.
Both of their family situations weren’t particularly good, and they wanted to earn as much money as possible.
Even if the work was a bit tiring, neither of them complained.
Hence, Zhou Can temporarily had no intention of hiring another surgical nurse.
While they were talking, Yang Zhi had already aspirated the fluid from the mass completely.
"Feels like inside the mass there isn’t just accumulated blood, but also necrotic tissue resembling deteriorating flesh. I’m afraid we have to remove this entire section of the intestine."
Zhou Can looked at the aspirated fluid and realized the patient’s ileum was worse than imagined.
If discovered earlier, perhaps less of the intestine would need to be resected.
Could possibly be treated and cured with medication alone without surgery.
Upon careful examination, he noticed not only necrotic signs at the mass location but also visibly enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes.
"Let’s excise it!"
After evaluating, Dr. Xu agreed to remove the segment of intestine and mesenteric lymph nodes.
After carefully excising the section of ileum and mesenteric lymph nodes, Zhou Can felt exceptionally relieved. It’s not that he had obsessive-compulsive disorder, but every time he helped patients remove the diseased tissue, he felt a sense of accomplishment.
[Fast Knife Skill Experience Points +1, Stable Knife Technique Experience Points +1.]
At this point, he sensed a significant breakthrough in his knife technique. Couldn’t quite explain how the breakthrough occurred, it felt like a natural progression.
Previously, when he used the Stable Knife Technique, the surgical knife felt like it weighed heavily.
At this moment, he gained new insight and breakthrough regarding the Stable Knife Technique.
When he held the surgical knife and placed it on any part of the patient’s body, he could feel an extremely subtle balance sensation.
The tip or edge of the knife was razor-sharp, and when it touched the skin or organ, it immediately cut through the tissue.
Using the surgical knife as a ’balance point’ was a crazy idea.
It’s unlikely any doctor would dare use the surgical knife as a pivot during a procedure.
Even just 0.1 kilograms of force could potentially cause fatal harm to the patient.
To treat the surgical knife as a balance point requires the surgeon to achieve a level of knife control and manipulation unattainable by ordinary people.
