69novels Chapter 1080 - 1051: Per
Chapter 1080 - 1051: Per
"There’s something in the pericardium, just below it. If I had seen it a bit later, it might have been cut by the surgical knife," Xiao Lin cautiously said, wiping the blood off the heart with gauze.
The lead surgeon stared intently at the patient’s heart but found himself unable to see anything. A bit perplexed, he asked Xiao Lin, "What is it? I can’t see anything from here."
"I’m not sure, I just saw something protruding. Maybe it’s because my view is clearer than yours," Xiao Lin answered while keeping his eyes fixed on the patient’s beating heart and signaling for the lead surgeon to check from his angle.
Xiao Lin stepped aside from the assistant’s position, allowing the lead surgeon to step forward and carefully observe the beating heart, trying to find the object Xiao Lin described through the pericardial incision. However, after some time, he still shook his head, indicating he saw nothing.
Xiao Lin, somewhat puzzled, stepped forward again and clearly saw the protrusion as the heart contracted, with the pericardial incision closing and reopening. Why couldn’t the lead surgeon see it, was there something wrong with his own eyesight?
He kept his gaze fixed on that spot. Minutes passed, and Xiao Lin could still clearly see the protrusion through the pericardial gap with the heartbeat, even the subtle blood vessels on the pericardium.
The lead surgeon looked at Xiao Lin in confusion, finding his prior actions odd. Other medical staff in the operating room also gave him puzzled looks, as his previous actions were strange. He bypassed protocol, wiping sweat from his forehead and looking directly at the patient’s heart, something absolutely forbidden during the operation.
The lead surgeon’s gaze intensified on Xiao Lin, becoming more focused and serious. Unable to help himself, he asked, "What exactly is it? A tumor?"
"I don’t know. It’s not clear right now. I can only see a vague image through the pericardial gap with the heartbeat," Xiao Lin replied slowly, moving his gaze from the patient’s heart to the lead surgeon beside him.
"I haven’t seen any foreign objects or protrusions as you mentioned," the lead surgeon commented after checking the monitoring data.
Following the lead surgeon’s gaze, Xiao Lin looked at the monitoring equipment displaying various indicators and statistics, then turned back to him. "Let me handle the pericardial separation, I have a better surgical view."
The lead surgeon glanced at Xiao Lin, initially doubting whether Xiao Lin was intentionally saying this, but quickly dispelled the thought. He believed Xiao Lin couldn’t fake it for the sake of being the lead surgeon, especially since Meisai had brought him in, he had to trust this person.
Xiao Lin waited patiently for the lead surgeon’s reply, clearly seeing the protruding foreign object within the pericardium. Yet the imaging displayed was fuzzy, possibly related to his physical condition. However, for ordinary doctors, the protrusion could easily be cut during surgery, posing a risk. Thinking of this, Xiao Lin urgently hoped for the lead surgeon’s response.
"You continue to complete it."
"Forceps, heart valve surgical knife!" Without any delay, Xiao Lin instructed the Instrument Master beside him.
Xiao Lin carefully grasped the tiny opening on the pericardium with forceps, and the blade tip of the valve knife delicately sliced downwards. The lead surgeon swiftly wiped away the blood with gauze, Xiao Lin’s left hand moved the forceps cautiously to avoid the barely visible protrusion, while the valve knife slowly sliced downwards, bit by bit.
Though pericardial separation had just begun for three minutes, Xiao Lin’s forehead began to sweat. As the operation progressed steadily, the procedure reached halfway through the pericardial separation but deviated under the lead surgeon’s incision, slanting under the glass pane. Although the Instrument Master and nurses beside the surgical table didn’t understand the reason for this, they were amazed by the young airborne surgeon’s stable technique.
"What?!" The lead surgeon suddenly exclaimed.
Xiao Lin was performing the final pericardial separation. As the last incision completed to expose the protruding foreign body, Xiao Lin heard the lead surgeon’s surprised voice, his hand holding the valve surgical knife paused, narrowly avoiding cutting the protrusion.
He withdrew the valve knife from the patient’s pericardium, glanced up at the lead surgeon without saying a word. The latter realized he had made a grave mistake, astounded by the foreign object in the pericardium, perhaps too absorbed, instinctively exclaiming. Seeing Xiao Lin’s gaze, he intended to apologize but was unexpectedly pre-empted.
"You saw it too," Xiao Lin said softly.
The Instrument Master and nurses by the operating table heard the lead surgeon’s surprised voice and glanced into the patient’s chest cavity, still unclear about what they saw, faces filled with confusion.
Now hearing Xiao Lin’s words, the anesthesiologist couldn’t hold back, stood to gaze into the patient’s chest. Simultaneously, Xiao Lin’s left-hand forceps pulled the pericardium aside, finally revealing the protruding foreign body, drawing shocked admiration from the Instrument Master, nurses, and anesthesiologist as they looked at the exposed pericardial heart.
The heart at this moment appeared as if expanding overall but seemed not quite one piece. With the pericardium opened, the heart surface displayed uneven patterns, with extensive coverage.
"Is this a tumor?" the nurse beside Xiao Lin asked, wiping his sweat, seeing the attached object inside the patient’s chest cavity and voicing her query. No one responded to her question, nor dared to declare anything.
The massive foreign object covering the patient’s cardiac cavity and surrounding protrusions led the operating room staff to speculate widely.
Xiao Lin raised his head, seeking the lead surgeon’s opinion. The latter shook his head. "Probably not a tumor. If it were, it wouldn’t be this large; such a tumor would evoke symptoms typically." Finishing his statement, he looked back at Xiao Lin, seemingly inquiring about the patient’s regular condition. Xiao Lin nodded calmly, though unaware of the patient’s usual state, judging from few actions, presumably not. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets; your support is my greatest drive.)