Chapter 479: Excellence to the Extreme

The way this surgery was performed is hard to put into words.

"Professor Shen, I didn't misunderstand what you meant just now, did I?" the Guangtou Zhuchiren asked, his mouth twisting to one side. "I thought you said this kind of surgery had extremely high requirements, but looking at it now, it seems..."

"It is indeed extremely high," Professor Shen murmured.

The Guangtou Zhuchiren had already made his point very clear, and he thought the same, but Professor Shen was still insisting.

"Then why does it look so simple when Ji Yisheng Xiang does it?" The Guangtou Zhuchiren looked at Professor Shen in confusion, still not understanding his meaning.

"Professor Shen, are you saying that Ji Yisheng Xiang's skill level is high?" Mao Mao asked.

He also found this hard to believe.

"It seems... probably... more or less..." Professor Shen hesitated.

The lively atmosphere in the Review Room vanished instantly; even the experienced Guangtou Zhuchiren, who never let a moment go dead, didn't know what to say.

On the screen, the Super-selection ended, and the Embolization began.

Another Angiography was performed; the "smoking" spot no longer "smoked." Ji Xiang withdrew the Guide Wire, declaring the Interventional Surgery over, and the Gastrointestinal Surgery department began disinfecting in preparation for the bowel resection.

Filming the bowel resection surgery was pointless; even if filmed, it couldn't be broadcast. For the Camera Crew, this was a deep source of confusion.

But Fan Dao was not very worried; he was used to dancing in shackles and had long since had his own ideas in mind.

Regarding the final "position swap" during the surgery, Fan Dao had his own guesses, and he went up to greet Ji Xiang and Li Zhuren the moment they stepped down.

"Li Zhuren, this Interventional Surgery of yours is indeed very difficult. I watched from start to finish, but I don't understand it at all. Could you please explain the surgery?" Fan Dao asked.

"Follow me." Li Zhuren nodded, his expression grave. He took a deep look at Ji Xiang and walked straight toward the operating room.

Arriving at the operating room, the technician stood up to give up their seat. Li Zhuren paused slightly, and seeing Ji Xiang hiding behind the others, not following, he sat down directly.

Cameras from three angles aimed at Li Zhuren sitting in front of the console, recording everything he said and did without any blind spots.

"I had only heard before that Doctor Xiao Ji's surgery was well-performed, but I didn't expect it to be this good." Li Ming, Li Zhuren, didn't put on airs either; the first thing he said after sitting down was to praise Ji Xiang to the skies.

In the Review Room, the Guangtou Zhuchiren and the guests were stunned.

This was praise from a department director at a top-tier Grade A Tertiary Hospital in the country; its quality was beyond doubt.

"I had only heard of it, but after seeing it this time, I truly feel I've gained something. Doctor Xiao Ji, come here." Li Zhuren beckoned.

Ji Xiang came to Li Zhuren's side and bowed slightly. There was not a shred of that pride a young person might have after completing a surgery and receiving a teacher's affirmation—that pride they try to hide but want others to notice.

Yet he was not blindly hypocritical or humble either; others only felt that Ji Xiang was very respectful toward Li Ming, Li Zhuren.

Professor Shen watched, and unknowingly, he nodded.

Who wouldn't like a young doctor who is both exceptionally capable and respectful to their teachers?

The key is that this young doctor doesn't act this way toward everyone; at the very least, when he met Qin Chu, the Qin of Shanghai Hepatobiliary Hospital, he displayed an arrogant and confrontational attitude.

"Doctor Xiao Ji, sit. Let's review the surgery together," said Li Ming, Li Zhuren.

Ji Xiang didn't stand on ceremony either; he found a wooden stool and sat beside Li Zhuren.

Li Ming, Li Zhuren, pulled up the surgery he and Ji Xiang had just performed on the machine and began to explain it as if he were teaching a class.

Fan Dao knew that Li Ming, Li Zhuren, was explaining it for his sake, using the program to provide some popular science so that more ordinary people could understand Interventional Surgery.

This was a win-win situation.

He had also done his job well today, specifically bringing an extra Camera Crew to maximize his capabilities, leaving nothing out.

For the initial puncture, Li Zhuren spoke for 3 minutes, including repeating the words from the operating table. Fan Dao was not impatient; instead, he kept the cameras moving, not missing a single frame.

From inserting the Arterial Sheath to the Guide Wire traveling inside the Femoral Artery, Li Ming, Li Zhuren's focus and tone changed somewhat.

"Doctor Xiao Ji, there's not much to say from the Femoral Artery to the External Iliac Artery. Do you have a better way?"

"No, what you did is already perfect," Ji Xiang replied.

From the External Iliac Artery to the descending aorta, they began the Super-selection of the Superior Mesenteric Artery. Once they reached the Level 3 Blood Vessel, Ji Xiang began to offer his own opinions.

The two spoke in a language Fan Dao couldn't understand, becoming increasingly professional, leaving the laypeople more and more confused.

Fan Dao stared blankly at Ji Xiang and Li Ming, Li Zhuren, who were exchanging surgical insights, feeling lost.

He deeply understood that this was an equal exchange and dialogue, not a transmission between teacher and student.

Their expressions and attitudes confirmed one thing—that position swap on the operating table definitely had a deeper reason.

Sure enough, as the surgical footage was reviewed, they reached that final Super-selection.

"Here." Li Ming, Li Zhuren, pointed at the screen and looked back at the camera.

Fan Dao was startled and made a gesture for all camera angles not to miss a single image.

"Under normal circumstances, Super-selection to the Level 4 blood vessel branch is sufficient; an ordinary interventional doctor can barely manage to reach Level 3," Li Zhuren said seriously. "Just now, while performing the surgery, I exchanged a few words with Doctor Xiao Ji, and he said he could try to Super-select one level further."

"!!!" Fan Dao's guess was confirmed.

Although he didn't understand what Li Zhuren meant by Super-selection, he guessed it was probably the difference between the sixth and seventh levels of a cultivation technique.

"As for the benefits of a deeper Super-selection, they are obvious: it allows for a smaller section of the bowel to be removed."

"Because the Superior Mesenteric Artery forms an arterial network, Super-selecting to a Level 3 blood vessel and performing Embolization would require removing 60-70cm of bowel; if you Super-select to a Level 4 blood vessel and perform Embolization, you only need to remove about 40cm of bowel."

"My own capability limit is right here."

Li Ming, Li Zhuren, said candidly, without a trace of wanting to hide anything.

Fan Dao's heart stirred, thumping in his chest.

"You saw it; Doctor Xiao Ji Super-selected one level deeper, tried it, and succeeded. I estimate the Gastrointestinal Surgery department only needs to remove 20cm of bowel."

"The shorter the bowel resection, the better the patient's post-operative recovery will definitely be. Although it's not that intuitive or obvious, for an elderly patient, the less trauma from such invasive surgery, the better."

"Doctor Xiao Ji's surgery has reached the extreme."

"..."

"..."

Fan Dao, the many guests in the Review Room, and the Guangtou Zhuchiren all fell silent.

Li Ming, Li Zhuren's words could not have been clearer—Ji Xiang's surgical level surpassed his own.

Although Fan Dao liked it very much when Li Zhuren Li Ming said that, he could not understand why Li Zhuren would say so.

To say in front of the cameras and in front of the national audience that one's own level could not keep up with an Intern, this was a bit of a joke.

(End of chapter)