Chapter 273: Passing Boss 273 Chapter 273: Passing Boss 273 The doctors suspected that the tumor was highly malignant and had to remove the entire rectal mesentery and the surrounding lymph nodes. This was yet another challenge.
The ultrasonic scalpel, as if it had eyes, buzzed as it cut along the path, with blood loss merely a trickle.
The chief surgeon’s swift and accurate movements elicited astonishment from the students present.
“Teacher Tan is awesome!”
Another group, silent, was paying attention to the mirror assistant: how could the chief surgeon advance so strongly without the guidance of a brilliant light.
Somehow, another person had arrived at the doorway of the operating room. He watched the ultrasonic scalpel on the monitor while his sharp gaze locked onto Xie Wanying beside Sun Yubo.
Once removed, the tumor was extracted through the abdominal incision and sent for a biopsy.
Senior doctors closely following the surgery had an intuition: the patient’s situation was probably not good.
The rapid intraoperative biopsy came back in about half an hour. The surgical team simultaneously hurried to rebuild the intestines during this time.
The preliminary biopsy results were in. The circulating nurse went to take the pathology department’s call and then turned back to the chief surgeon to report, “Low-differentiation adenocarcinoma.”
Upon hearing this, Director Yang anxiously asked Shen Jinghui and Gao Zhaocheng, “Was the cut clean?”
Gao Zhaocheng and Shen Jinghui didn’t have time to answer. The visiting students couldn’t keep up with the surgery on the screen and were unclear about how much had been removed just minutes before, mainly because the technique of the surgical expert was too fast.
“The entire rectal mesentery was removed, the ligaments preserved, and the cut was beautiful, with minimal blood loss. To achieve this at such a low position, you have to say, the person guiding the laparoscopy did a good job.”
Whose voice was that?
Everyone in the operating room suddenly realized that there was someone else present and received quite a scare.
Director Yang, along with Shen Jinghui and Gao Zhaocheng, turned around.
The students all turned their heads in unison.
At the doorway, the male doctor had a mask dangling from his neck, a round baby face, and a gentle demeanour that was rare among surgeons. His facial features and sparkling eyes were particularly pleasing to the eye.
When had this guy arrived? A flicker of surprise passed through Gao Zhaocheng’s eyes.
Shen Jinghui recognized who it was and turned his head back around.
Director Yang greeted the newcomer, “Dr. Tao, when did you get here?”
Upon hearing the name Dr. Tao, some remembered who he was:
“Is that Doctor Tao Zhijie from the Hepatobiliary Surgery department?”
“I’ve heard he’s really impressive over in Hepatobiliary Surgery.”
A group of students engaged in a heated discussion about the new arrival, the boss.
“I just happened to be passing by and saw a crowd, so I stopped by to see what was going on,” said Tao Zhijie, smiling benevolently as if he was a Maitreya Buddha, harmless in his demeanor as he answered Director Yang’s question. Yet his eyes clearly continued to follow someone.
Seeing that the person never turned around, acting as if she hadn’t heard him speak, completely absorbed in her own little divine world, Tao Zhijie remembered what someone had said before, claiming that the hospital’s handsome man, Cao Yong, had long referred to her as a little fairy.
Now, looking at her, the little fairy truly was a little fairy. The place was crowded with many people, and even when bigwigs arrived, she remained utterly oblivious, her spirits probably wandering contentedly in the world of surgery.
At this thought, the smile in Tao Zhijie’s eyes deepened: today’s encounter was purely coincidental, or perhaps fate had arranged for him to witness this scene, confirming his intuition after hearing about her—that she would surprise him greatly.
The level of focus a person brings to their work ultimately determines the heights of their achievements.
Her terrifying level of focus on surgery, he admitted, was something he could not match, and even Tan Kelin fell short.