Chapter 883 Carry On
“At least the blood supply in Bazhaixiang is sufficient.” Song Shang watched as Ling Ran worked, and he looked for something to talk about.
He was a little worried that Ling Ran would be too much in a rush and ruin things.
Of course, he did not vocalize his feeling of worry. He did not dare to.
As Song Shang was afraid that Ling Ran would be unhappy, he quickly added something irrelevant, “I’m glad that you’re here, Doctor Ling because, in a place like Bazhaixiang, I wouldn’t know where else to get help.”
“Department Director Song, there are many excellent doctors from various hospitals in Bazhaixiang right now. If other people were to find out about what you have just said, we would pretend that we don’t know anything about it.” Zuo Cidian was not helping out. He merely gave Song Shang a reminder as he stood beside them.
Song Shang chuckled. “It’s okay. I’m the one who said it, and whoever doesn’t agree with me can argue with me.”
Zuo Cidian flashed a smile too. He did not say anything else. All the doctors who were gathered in the Bazhaixiang hospital branch today were basically from Changxi Province. Plus, although it would be a little arrogant to say that Ling Ran was the best at hepatectomy in Changxi Province, it was the truth.
Even if a person were to disregard other things, they could tell how skillful Ling Ran was just by looking at the number of freelance surgeries he carried out every week and every month.
Aside from that, it was a possibility for every surgeon to need another surgeon to come to the rescue at some point in time. This was especially true for ordinary doctors. When they were unable to stop a major hemorrhage, they would need to ask for other surgeons’ help even if they had to kneel down and beg the surgeons. Hence, no one dared to offend skillful surgeons.
Meanwhile, Ling Ran placed his hand on the injured part of the patient’s liver and slowly slid his hand downwards.
“Hurry up with aspiration, and pay attention to blood transfusion.” Ling Ran’s voice was cold, but his order was clear.
The assistant and the anesthetist did not dare to cause any delays. They quickly executed Ling Ran’s orders.
Zuo Cidian was emotional as he stood aside and watched everything that was going on. Even ordinary chief physicians would not be able to do things with so much style.
“It’s exposed.” The young doctor who was still standing at the chief surgeon’s position cheered.
Due to hemorrhage, the patient’s abdominal cavity had been flooded with blood for an extended time. Aspiration was no use, and they were unable to even expose the surface of the liver.
Now, part of the liver was exposed, and the only thing that changed was the fact that Ling Ran’s hand was now in the patient’s abdominal cavity.
“Barehanded bleeding control,” Song Shang muttered.
There was a smile on Zuo Cidian’s face. He looked like an army general who was watching a DF missile [1] being deployed. He repeated with pride, “Barehanded bleeding control.”
“Doctor Ling lives up to his reputation indeed.” Song Shang took a deep breath and flashed a sincere smile. “This is great. I knew that with Doctor Ling around, this patient’s life can be saved.”
“Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.” Ling Ran’s voice was extremely magnetic, giving Song Shang a shock.
“What… do you mean? Doctor Ling, is the patient still in a critical condition?” Song Shang became anxious again, and his subordinate went into a daze once more.
“I can’t tell the exact situation right now, but based on the patient’s rate of blood loss, there might be other ruptured blood vessels,” Ling Ran replied. He then hovered his left hand above the patient’s abdomen and gestured. He said to the young doctor, “Make another incision here.”
“Such a large incision?” The young doctor was shocked. He had been carrying out surgeries for quite a few years, and he had never seen such a large incision.
Of course, it was also the first time he had witnessed such a major hemorrhage.
Ling Ran hummed in acknowledgment. His voice was deep, and he did not have the intention to explain his decision.
Song Shang glared angrily at his subordinate. He said furiously, “Just do as Doctor Ling said. Why are you talking so much? It’s very easy to stitch up the incision. The most important thing is to keep the patient alive right now. You’ll only need to worry about stitching him up if he stays alive.”
“Okay.” Actually, the moment the young doctor spoke just now, he knew that he had done something wrong and would be scolded.
He did not dare to say anything else. He extended his hand and asked for a scalpel as he made a long incision on the right side of the patient’s abdominal cavity based on Ling Ran’s instruction.
After he did so, the patient’s abdominal cavity was entirely exposed.
This made Song Shang perked up. He clicked his tongue and said, “This feels even better than dissecting corpses.”
“Do you feel good when you’re in the anatomy dissection hall? Zuo Cidian wrinkled his nose as he smiled.
“It’s at least cool there,” Song Shang said and smiled.
Ling Ran craned his neck to look into the patient’s abdominal cavity. He said, “It’s indeed cold inside the anatomy dissection hall.”
“I know, right? When we eat marinated meat in baked buns in the anatomy dissection hall, the meat tastes meatier.” Song Shang smacked his lips as he recalled the experience.
Zuo Cidian glanced at Song Shang’s large belly in disdain and sighed. “You went to university in the nineties, didn’t you? Was meat scarce at that time?”
“I don’t know if meat was scarce for other people, but I was broke, and I didn’t have money for meat. The anatomy dissection hall was a great place to be at. The air-conditioning was free, and eating marinated meat in baked buns…” Song Shang was emotional.
“Alright, this bleeding point is basically dealt with already,” Ling Ran said and tossed a blood-soaked gauze into a basin. He then quickly separated the hepatic ligament and said to the young doctor in front of him, “Next, we’ll have to prop up the liver. Have you done this before?”
“No… I’ve not.” The young doctor standing opposite Ling Ran gulped.
“Wait for a moment, I’ll teach you how to do it. Hmm… place your hand here first.” Ling Ran had just reached Perfect Level Hepatectomy and obtained Perfect Level Exposure, which basically elevated all his skill branches within the umbrella of Exposure to perfection. Hence, he was in a good mood, and he guided the young doctor before him step by step. It only took a few minutes for the young doctor to learn how to do it.
However, even though skills were something that could be taught to others, the courage to take risks was not.
Yun Hua City’s Sixth People’s Hospital was not an excellent hospital either. Even though they had a Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, they carried out more hepatobiliary surgeries, and there were not many opportunities for the doctor in the department to deal with the human liver.
It would be a lie for the young doctor to say that he was not afraid of propping up the liver.
The young doctor gulped hesitantly. He then glanced at the large glass jar which was filled with blood beside him. He whispered, “We didn’t touch this part of the liver.”
“It’s impossible for the patient to bleed so much from the bleeding point just now,” Ling Ran said in an extremely certain tone.
He was now a lot more sure of his judgment than before, and he said it matter-of-factly.
“Follow the chief surgeon’s order.” Song Shang was actually a little doubtful too. Just as his subordinate had said, they did not touch the bottom part of the liver. Instead of looking for a bleeding point at the bottom of the liver, it would be better to check the top surface of the liver again.
However, Ling Ran had told them to do so, and Song Shang had no choice but to obey.
Since he was not as skillful as Ling Ran, it was better for him to follow what Ling Ran had said.
“Prop it up,” Ling Ran ordered with certainty, and he had no plans of providing mental support to the young doctor. Allowing the young doctor to stay and giving him the chance to correct his mistake was the best mental support that Ling Ran could offer.
“Okay.” The young doctor opposite him gritted his teeth and gently propped up the liver that Ling Ran had dealt with earlier.
*Whoosh*
A stream of blood flowed out along the edge of the liver.
The young doctor was shocked. Fortunately, he had been in the field of medicine for more than ten years, and he was able to perform better than usual without trembling and dropping the liver.
“Continue to hold it steadily.” Ling Ran slowly extended a hand and reached toward the bottom of the liver.
A minute later, the leftover blood in the abdominal cavity was aspirated, and the amount of blood in the large jar stopped increasing.
“This is great!”
“I didn’t expect there to be a bleeding point at the back.”
“Doctor Ling, you’re really cool.”
“Finally, the bleeding is stopped.”
The atmosphere in the operating theater stopped being tense all of a sudden.
Ling Ran finished up, but he did not plan to continue the surgery. Instead, he said to the young doctor opposite him, “Go ahead and carry on.”
“Huh?” The young doctor was extremely shocked. He was ready for a scolding the moment the crisis was resolved.
“Go ahead and carry on,” Ling Ran repeated. He then took the position of the first assistant and started to assist the young doctor.
The young doctor who was anxious and worried froze for a moment. His eyes suddenly became misty. He quickly lowered his head and carried on with the surgery.
