Chapter 320: Like, Speechless

General Manager Xu stood in the operating room chatting with the Anesthesia doctor, unhurried and calm.

"Anesthesia is ready, go scrub in," the Anesthesia doctor said after finishing the anesthesia. "Can you finish in thirty minutes?"

"Not necessarily. I'm doing the surgery with two new Standardized Training Students today; there will definitely be issues with coordination. Let's say an hour," General Manager Xu said.

"What about that person?" the Anesthesia doctor asked somewhat cryptically.

"I don't know. I called, but they never picked up." Xu Leyu and the Anesthesia doctor were of one mind.

That person could only be that person; there was no need to spell it out.

As they spoke, Ji Xiang had already scrubbed in and come out, asking the Instrument Nurse for a sterilized curved tray and oval forceps to begin disinfection.

"Do you know how to drape?" Xu Leyu asked.

"I do, General Manager Xu," Ji Xiang replied.

"Then give it a try. Take it slow. If I tell you to stop, don't move," Xu Leyu cautioned carefully.

If the draping was wrong, it wasn't a huge deal, but having to face the irritable shouting of the Circulating Nurse and opening another pack would be very annoying.

Xu Leyu's eyes were fixed on the movements of Ji Xiang's hands. Unexpectedly, the entire process of Ji Xiang draping was simple and standard, without a single flaw.

Even when Xu Leyu examined it with a critical eye, he couldn't find any faults.

No wonder Liu Zhuren of the Urology Department sent him over personally. It seems Ji Xiang is not only good at Tying Knots, but he also seems capable of performing surgery, Xu Leyu thought to himself.

However, capable or not, Xu Leyu was not prepared to let him do it.

Standing in the surgeon's position, Xu Leyu reached out for a scalpel.

He felt the Patient's injury to determine the fracture site and made an incision of about 8cm centered on the fracture point.

With a swift motion, the moment the scalpel was lifted, white Gauze covered it, and then the electrocautery appeared in General Manager Xu's field of vision.

Whoa, that was fast! General Manager Xu saw Ji Xiang using the electrocautery to cauterize the capillary bleeding at the edge of the incision immediately, and he formed a judgment in his heart.

Ji Xiang's movements were light and skillful, and the points he touched were very precise.

As the dry Gauze moved down bit by bit, the bleeding point was stopped by the electrocautery the moment it showed signs of oozing.

Not bad, Xu Leyu thought, having gauged Ji Xiang's level.

That point just now—someone with poor eyesight wouldn't have seen it at all, yet Ji Xiang cauterized it immediately. Very impressive.

Reaching the position of the Platysma Muscle, General Manager Xu performed Blunt Dissection. As soon as he finished, two Appendicular Retractors were placed, one above and one below, pulling the muscle tissue apart to expose the surgical field.

The coordination was so skillful that it felt as if he were standing opposite an Attending Professor, as if he could perform this surgery with his eyes closed.

The Anesthesia doctor stood at the head of the Patient, watching with great interest.

The junior Standardized Training Student acting as First Assistant was performing exceptionally well; he could almost be called a top-tier assistant. The Anesthesia doctor had seen thousands of surgeries, and their evaluation of doctors was quite objective.

Ji Xiang's level was at least that of a professor; it was a pity to have General Manager Xu doing the surgery, the Anesthesia doctor thought.

Xu Leyu had originally worried that poor surgical coordination would waste time, but Ji Xiang's performance was refreshing.

Every step was extremely precise; at the very least, there were no problems with the surgery so far.

Finding the fractured clavicle, Xu Leyu began to strip the periosteum from the clavicular head of the Sternocleidomastoid Muscle and the clavicular edge of the Trapezius Muscle.

He then continued to strip along the Pectoralis Major Muscle and the Deltoid Muscle to thoroughly expose the fracture ends.

The surgery was going smoothly, but Xu Leyu felt uncomfortable.

For the past few months, he had been taking Zhao Tianjiao to perform emergency surgeries, and there had been plenty of opportunities for Clavicle Fracture. When separating muscle tissue, Zhao Tianjiao was always a bit slow, and Xu Leyu had to say a lot during the preceding steps.

But!

When Ji Xiang stood opposite him, he didn't have to say a single word of nonsense.

From the skin incision until now, it had been silent all the way, and the surgery was going smoothly as hell.

Xu Leyu looked up at Ji Xiang. Ji Xiang narrowed his eyes, which was likely a return smile.

"Doctor Xiao Ji, have you performed Clavicle Fracture surgery before?" Xu Leyu asked.

"I've encountered it; I know a little bit."

"Next... never mind, I'll do it," Xu Leyu said with some regret.

Next was the stripping of the periosteum. If the movements were too rough, it could damage the Patient's nerves or blood vessels, and turning a minor surgery into a major rescue would be a real headache.

He would wait for a chance later to let Ji Xiang perform a Clavicle Fracture Internal Fixation Surgery to see his true level.

"Periosteal..." General Manager Xu reached out, and the Periosteal Elevator was slapped into his palm by Ji Xiang.

This task was originally for the Instrument Nurse, but Ji Xiang had anticipated the General Manager's anticipation. Although it made the surgery more comfortable, the General Manager felt even more unaccustomed to it.

It felt like someone was peeping while he was changing his underwear, and not just one person, either.

Calming his mind, the General Manager began to use the flat-headed Periosteal Elevator to start stripping the periosteum.

Afterward, he explored the blood vessels and nerves.

"Medium..."

A Medium Curved Retractor appeared, pulling the muscle aside to expose the area the General Manager wanted to see.

"..."

This guy has only watched a few surgeries? Xu Leyu was very surprised.

Ji Xiang's technique for exposing blood vessels and nerves was one thing, but the most critical part was that he could always anticipate his own anticipations, knowing what he was thinking and what he wanted to see.

This feeling was very eerie.

"Prepare..."

Before Xu Leyu spoke, he had already anticipated that he would next prepare for manual reduction, where the assistant would pinch the ends of the Clavicle Fracture together while the surgeon began fixing it with a plate.

He guessed that as soon as he spoke, Ji Xiang would perform the reduction.

And that was exactly what happened.

As the words left his lips, Ji Xiang reached out and pinched the two ends of the Clavicle Fracture together.

The technique was gentle, avoiding the surrounding blood vessels and nerves, without a single flaw.

"..."

Just, speechless.

Without waiting for General Manager Xu to say anything, Ji Xiang had already used a towel clamp to fix it, then asked for a nine-hole clavicle plate and handed it to Xu Leyu.

This coordination didn't feel at all like he was performing surgery with a green rookie; it felt as if a superior Doctor was standing opposite him, and Xu Leyu felt slightly dazed.

"General Manager Xu, I'm here!" A familiar voice came over.

"Tianjiao is here." General Manager Xu snapped out of it; as he spoke, he looked up in surprise and took a deep look at Ji Xiang.

"I was at home reviewing for the Doctor's license exam and didn't notice," Zhao Tianjiao said embarrassedly.

But the next second, he saw Ji Xiang.

"!!!" Zhao Tianjiao was like a combative rooster, his hackles raised, and a large amount of Epinephrine secreted in his body.

"General Manager Xu, I'm going to scrub in."

"No need." General Manager Xu saw Ji Xiang place the nine-hole clavicle plate on the Patient's clavicle and look up to ask him silently, so he said distractedly, "The surgery is almost finished, so don't bother."

"..." Zhao Tianjiao's footsteps faltered.

What he had just said was a statement, yet General Manager Xu had denied it, which was somewhat awkward.

Standing behind General Manager Xu, Zhao Tianjiao looked toward the surgical field.

Ji Xiang had already pressed the clavicle plate down with his hand, spanning the Clavicle Fracture position, and it was in front of the clavicle. The positions of the several holes were also just right, without a hint of deviation.

Zhao Tianjiao was somewhat surprised.

Placing the plate looked simple as anything, but when he did this step himself, he had spent five whole days and twelve surgeries learning it!

How could Ji Xiang place it so standardly!

(End of chapter)