Chapter 610: The most difficult part of the surgery Chapter 610: The most difficult part of the surgery The colleagues surrounding him started to push him and ask, “Didn’t you just say you had figured it out? What’s going on?”
If you understood, you should know that the laparoscopic exploration is finished, so why the exclamation?
“I just caught a glimpse of the pattern,” the man said, hopping on one foot to avoid the devilish hands of his colleagues pushing and shoving him, “I didn’t expect them to suddenly speed up.”
It’s not surprising that Tan Kelin’s hands moved faster, being a technical master, his speed was well recognized throughout the hospital. The surprising thing was whether the female intern assistant’s hands could keep up with Tan Kelin’s super speed.
The ultrasonic scalpel buzzed as it cut through the laparoscopic view.
“It started from the inferior mesenteric artery.”
The proctologists returned to a state of serious analysis of the surgical scene. They weren’t students but clinical doctors, and they could certainly make some sense of what they saw; their analysis speed wasn’t slow. However, after this remark, these onlooking doctors were somewhat baffled again.
“Hey, why is this so fast?!”
Snip, snip, snip, the cutting continued, rapidly.
“Are they going to cut out the entire mesorectum?”
“Probably. The problem is, I can only make out a few nodes; I can’t fully discern their surgical path.”
These proctologists narrowed their eyes, wishing they could wear a microscope in their brains to see the surgery, otherwise their minds couldn’t keep up with the super-fast pace of the surgery before them.
“Is the First Assistant grasping the sigmoid colon with the grasper?”
“Seems so, after grasping the sigmoid colon, it’s pushed to the left — Dr. Tan is at the root on the left side of the mesentery of the sigmoid colon –”
“Wrong, from this angle, it’s the right side. You need to reverse your thinking left and right.”
This demonstrated again that it’s not easy for the average doctor’s mind to adapt to the characteristic of eye-hand separation in laparoscopic operations.
“This is a female patient; the cut goes all the way down, mostly through the pelvis to the recto-uterine pouch, that’s the path.”
“The Mirror Assistant is very clearheaded; look, Dr. Tan’s mind doesn’t even need to think, according to her movement, the laparoscope follows and cuts down.”
“If the mind doesn’t have to think much, the movements will definitely be faster.”
“Dr. Tan must have given her some prior instruction, right?”
“Did Dr. Tan draw an anatomical diagram of the patient for her?”
The proctologists looked at each other: Impossible, right? When does Tan Kelin have the free time to draw anatomical diagrams and explain them to students? It’s more likely that Tan Kelin would have the students draw diagrams for him.
“Do you know what the most difficult part of this surgery is?”
The doctor who raised the question felt a pang of empathy. It wasn’t as if the proctology department hadn’t considered trying such a surgery; compared to general surgery, this disease was their department’s focal point.
“It’s very easy to injure the ureters on both sides, especially the left one.”
Indeed, it was an experienced clinical predecessor speaking, completely different from a student, immediately discussing the specific practical matters of the surgery.
“To avoid damage to the ureters, you must fully expose them, but this process takes up more surgery time, requiring thorough and complete separation. They want to be quick, what do they do?”
“The only option is fast hands, and an even faster mind. In their heads, they must know the path to take.”
“They are separating the inferior mesenteric artery at the root. They had just explored this area before, it seems they were confirming the surgical path.”
“This area needs especially careful handling now; the ureter is very close.”
“Don’t worry, don’t worry–”