Chapter 708: [(708)] Extremely rare live learning Chapter 708: [(708)] Extremely rare live learning The chief surgeon was Associate Director Xue, the eldest among them, and standing across from him as the first assistant was Tao Zhijie, who raised his head and glanced at the two people by the door upon hearing their approach.
Associate Director Xue, wearing surgical loupes, gingerly touched here and there in the surgical field with the Electrosurgical Unit, occasionally using electrocoagulation on potential bleeding sites.
The others were all intently learning the techniques from the senior generation.
When Associate Director Xue took a break from the operation, he instructed the younger doctors, “This time, we need to preserve the lower vena cava portion of the patient’s liver. The doctor who went to retrieve the liver source called and said that after seeing it in person, he found that the volume of this liver source might exceed our estimated range, which is not ideal. According to the original classical liver transplantation, the entire liver of the donor is placed in, without preserving the lower vena cava of the liver. It just so happens that this patient’s cardiopulmonary function is also not very good. Using the classical liver transplantation would have a greater impact on the patient’s hemodynamics.”
All the doctors present surely had studied such knowledge from various medical materials before. However, they rarely had the chance to witness such surgery in person due to the scarcity of liver transplant operations in the country.
Now, every doctor seriously intent on learning stretched their necks, listened with their ears, and strained their eyes to see.
Some, forced to stand far back and unable to see clearly, had a bright idea to run outside to fetch a chair. They stood barefoot on the seat to get a better overhead view of the operating table.
“Have they arrived?” Associate Director Xue asked, while operating, always mindful of the situation inside and outside the operating room.
“Yes,” standing across from the chief surgeon, Tao Zhijie signaled to Qiu Ruiyun.
Qiu Ruiyun quickly handed over the organ transplantation box to the nurse.
Xie Wanying was finally able to watch the surgery closely. She realized that all the spaces around her were occupied and felt extremely anxious.
Fortunately, her senior had not forgotten about her. Qiu Ruiyun waved her over to get a closer look at the operating table.
Reaching the side of the operating table, Xie Wanying stood behind the third assistant. She looked up and saw the elegant brows and eyes of Doctor Song peeking out from above his mask.
So he was the third assistant today, how impressive. She needed to work hard. Xie Wanying tiptoed, peering through a gap to observe the operating table.
As the organ transplantation box was opened, the surgical doctor carefully checked the donor liver for any damage. The liver’s volume seemed consistent with the information notified over the phone by Qiu Ruiyun, so the doctors were prepared. Therefore, Associate Director Xue spoke with a calm tone, “No matter, this liver source is quite large. We only need to cut this liver source down a bit, removing part of its volume, so it can fit into this patient’s body. As we mentioned earlier, we are going to use the piggyback method for this liver transplant.”
It was time to cut the donor liver. All the doctors learning the technique scarcely dared to blink their eyes.
“While we cut this donor liver, we must first understand that the liver we use for transplantation does not have to be whole. It’s a simple principle, as living-donor liver transplants can never involve a whole liver. Now, you tell me, into how many parts can the liver be divided for independent transplantation?” Associate Director Xue asked his students in the midst of a rare liver transplant case, both to ease his own psychological pressure for making incisions and probably because he had heard about the arrival of two remarkable newcomers from Tao Zhijie’s report and wanted to personally test them.
After waiting a while, all around was quiet with no one voicing an answer to the leader’s question.
“What, can’t you come up with an answer?” Seeing that the students seemed to be contemplating silently for quite a while, Associate Director Xue asked the assistant beside him what was going on.