Chapter 300: Living in Vain (Alliance Leader Blowfly Bonus ×3)

"Not bad, what is it, Xiao Ji?" Zhao Xiangming was focused intently on Ji Xiang's movements, and he was also taken aback for a moment.

"If the conditions are good, we should use a spring coil. Although it's a bit of a waste since it'll be cut out immediately, it's effective after all. If the conditions are average, we'll use a gelatin sponge. What do you think is best to use?"

Standing in the operating room and watching the surgery calmly, Bai Chuzhang was slightly moved.

How much self-confidence must one have for Ji Xiang to say such a thing!

He didn't even mention whether the surgery would be successful; he had already started considering which disposable consumables to use for the next step.

It seemed that the surgery which Zhao Zhuren Xiangming deemed absolutely impossible to perform was just a minor operation in Ji Xiang's eyes.

Zhao Tianjiao curled his lip; this act of showing off could almost be given a perfect score.

But!

If the guide wire couldn't enter the lumbar transverse artery, this statement would turn into a slap across Ji Xiang's face immediately.

In a flash, Zhao Tianjiao even thought about how he would mock Ji Xiang when that time came.

Let you show off!

I'll show you what's coming!!

"Let's use a spring coil," Zhao Zhuren said without hesitation. "Using a spring coil is simple and worry-free, and the success rate of the surgery is high."

"Alright, please help me place the spring coil, Zhao Zhuren."

Zhao Xiangming hesitated for a moment, then turned to get the spring coil.

After all, it was a surgery that consumed wires, and it wasn't like a surgical operation that required countless items; plus, it was an emergency surgery, so no instrument nurse was assigned.

Zhao Xiangming picked up the spring coil and was just about to tear open the sterile packaging when a voice suddenly came from the intercom—"Holy shit!"

The sudden sound startled Zhao Xiangming, and he almost dropped the sterile packaging on the floor.

Just as he was about to curse, Zhao Xiangming suddenly realized that the voice sounded like Bai Chuzhang.

Turning his head, the moment Zhao Xiangming saw the screen, his eyes widened into perfect circles, like eggs.

The eggshell shattered, and the yolk spilled out.

In the very instant he had turned around, the guide wire had already finished super-selection and entered a branch of the lumbar transverse artery.

And Ji Xiang, using a cross-hand operation, was reaching out to ask for the spring coil with ease and composure.

"Ho... ho... how did it get in?" Zhao Xiangming asked, stuttering.

"The hemodynamics near the vascular bifurcation... has Zhao Zhuren studied it?" Ji Xiang asked.

Zhao Xiangming shook his head.

"There's no way to explain it," Ji Xiang was also quite helpless. This operation involved too many things, and he had only managed to learn it after using 3 bottles of stamina potion for training in the System Operating Room.

Ji Xiang was not a System NPC; there were some operations he could perform but could not explain.

To be as long-winded as a System NPC also required ability, and Ji Xiang wasn't there yet.

"Zhao Zhuren, the spring coil."

"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh." Zhao Xiangming uttered a series of "ohs."

In the operating room, Bai Chuzhang rested his chin on his right hand, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

He had just cursed in a moment of lost composure; such a thing was rarely seen from Bai Chuzhang, almost unique.

Bai Chuzhang felt that Ji Xiang could do it, but he thought it would take at least three to five attempts.

He never expected Ji Xiang to send the guide wire in all at once.

The right-angle bend that seemed like a natural chasm in Zhao Zhuren's hands appeared to have no difficulty at all to Ji Xiang; where could one even reason with that?

Surgery relies heavily on talent; some people don't see their level improve even after a hundred surgeries, while others learn it after just two glances.

It was just that this scene was too shocking; after a brief moment of lost composure, Bai Chuzhang returned to his usual calm expression, the smile at the corner of his mouth growing deeper.

The spring coil was placed, followed by the second super-selection.

Once again, it succeeded on the first try, without any surprises.

Twenty-three minutes later, the surgery ended, and Ji Xiang turned to leave the table. "Director Bai, the Orthopedics Department can go ahead."

"Xiao Ji, how much blood do you estimate will be lost?" Bai Chuzhang asked.

"1500-2000 milliliters," Ji Xiang said.

Professor Deng was stunned.

He had heard that surgical blood loss would be less after embolization of the lumbar transverse artery, but it should still be at least 3000ml; he hadn't expected Ji Xiang to give such a sensational figure.

"Not bad, Professor Deng, you all can proceed," Bai Chuzhang said, very satisfied. "Thank you for your hard work, Xiao Ji."

The sound of the System Task reward was already ringing in Ji Xiang's ears.

"Let's go, let's change clothes together," Bai Chuzhang said, pulling Ji Xiang away.

Deng Chaohong led his team back to the operating table.

"Is that the Ji Xiang who broke the record at the grand competition?" the circulating nurse asked.

"Yes," Deng Chaohong nodded.

In front of Zhao Tianjiao, he still saved face for Dean Zhao.

"That's awesome! Zhao Zhuren from the Interventional Department has such a fiery temper, and while his skill level is just so-so, he's the only one we can count on in our hospital," the circulating nurse said. "Even old Zhao couldn't do it, yet that kid did it like it was child's play. Don't you think old Zhao has lived his age in vain?"

"How could that be? This surgery is very difficult," Deng Chaohong said, reaching for the scalpel.

He made a straight incision along the midline from the 4th lumbar spinous process to the 1st sacral spinous process.

First, he incised the deep fascia near the edge of the spinous process on the affected side, stripped the sacrospinalis muscle under the periosteum to reveal the spinal column, and the lateral stripping was to reach the posterior joint in one go.

Then, he used a vertebral plate automatic retractor to open the incision, clearly exposing the vertebral plate and ligamentum flavum on the affected side.

"Lao Deng, hurry up and bite the vertebral body." The circulating nurse was curious and moved a footstool to stand behind Deng Chaohong to watch. "I want to see what a surgery looks like after embolization."

Deng Chaohong was also curious; the Second Affiliated Hospital didn't perform hybrid surgeries well, and there wasn't much cooperation between departments. He had only heard rumors that embolization before surgery could reduce blood loss.

The bone rongeur fell with a *click*.

A piece of Gauze was pressed onto the location of the bone fragments.

"Huh?" Deng Chaohong was taken aback.

There was indeed still bleeding, and the amount was not small; the Gauze was bright red.

But this was a completely different concept from the amount of bleeding he understood.

One was like a faucet that wasn't tightened, with a tiny little stream of water; the other was turning the faucet to the maximum, gushing out uncontrollably.

"Is it just this little blood? Once, I watched Lao Han perform a vertebral resection; as soon as the Bone Rongeur went down, the blood sprayed straight to the ceiling," the Circulating Nurse said in surprise.

"The Lumbar Transverse Artery was embolized; it looks thin, but it is an artery after all," Professor Deng said, pretending to be very natural.

He began to remove the nucleus pulposus and the free fibrous ring tissue bit by bit.

But whether it was a sawing motion or using a small Scraper to scrape, the amount of bleeding was not much. The Bipolar Electrocoagulation went *pop-pop-pop* to stop the bleeding, and the entire surgery went surprisingly smoothly.

An hour and a half later, the surgery ended.

"Lao Deng, how much was the blood loss?" the Anesthesia Doctor asked, holding a pen in hand.

"Around 1600ml."

This number came out of Professor Deng's own mouth, and even he himself did not believe it.

A vertebral body had been resected, yet there was so little blood loss!

It would be easier to explain to the Family Member next; in any case, the Patient had come off the table safely. Professor Deng was honest and simple-minded, and Clinical doctors and Nurses often did similar things to avoid conflicts; Professor Deng was long used to it.

It was just that Embolization of Lumbar Transverse Artery was truly useful! It wasn't just a minor, useless function, but had a huge effect!

Professor Deng ignored Zhao Tianjiao and remained deep in thought the whole way.

(End of chapter)