Chapter 1155: with translation of chapter title

title: "1125 Benign tumor, with stones" – includes numbers and Chinese words; not a named entity.

"When removing the benign tumor of the gastric wall, Wang Zong had prepared himself, tightly staring at the instrument in his hand, so as not to be contaminated."

"If contamination occurs, one must definitely not touch other areas, to avoid causing implantation and metastasis of tumor tissue."

"This surgery is actually quite easy; generally, one makes a midline incision in the upper abdomen, enters the abdominal cavity, and first performs an abdominal exploration."

"After discovering the tumor, cut open the normal gastric wall around it, removing the tumor together with the full thickness of the surrounding gastric wall; the extent of resection depends on the tumor's size and shape."

"Originally thought it was this simple minor surgery, but after looking at it for one minute, Wang Zong fell silent."

"He realized he had guessed wrong about the procedure—Zheng Lao Ban did not opt for the relatively large gastric wall incision followed by suturing."

"Zheng Lao Ban cut open the gastric wall tissue near the 'tumor,' but only reached the serosal layer, and immediately began dissecting it free."

"The demand for surgical skill is simply too high!"

"Zheng Ren switched to a small hemostatic forceps and performed an operation that left everyone else stunned. Seeing this, everyone felt ashamed. Zheng Lao Ban was waiting for the instrument; it turned out not to be for show, but because his instrument was better suited for this operation."

"If ordinary instruments were used, it wouldn't be impossible, but it would increase the risk. However, the instruments in Zheng Ren's instrument box are more suitable, very handy, separating the serosal layer from the muscular layer, thus changing the previous somewhat clumsy, bold surgical style."

"Overall, Wang Zong didn't quite understand; this surgical style seemed to have become like embroidery, extremely fine. Yet the surgery proceeded extremely quickly, with no delay due to the meticulous delicacy."

"At 3′15″, the entire tumor was peeled off, wrapped in a layer of snow-white gauze and thrown into the pathology basin. The gauze showed faint red spots of bleeding, but not much. Wang Zong knew that bleeding throughout the surgery was minimal, and it was done too beautifully."

"All instruments that could possibly be contaminated were set aside, and Zheng Ren requested a piece of warm saline gauze to cover the surgical wound."

"\"Send the tissue for pathological examination, \" Zheng Ren said."

"The circulating nurse immediately took the pathology basin and left."

"For a surgery, this is now the most relaxed moment. The surgeon has victory in hand, waiting on the table for the intraoperative frozen pathology results, driving around, telling dirty jokes, watching the little nurse blush… that was several years ago."

"Now on the operating table, the little nurse starts driving, able to make the surgeon embarrassed."

"\"Zheng Lao Ban, is it a tumor? \" Wang Zong was more concerned about this."

"\"Probably not. \" Zheng Ren said at this point, somewhat certain. Although he had performed two surgeries in the system space, while skillfully operating he dissected that 'tumor' and was quite certain it contained stones, with no tumor tissue found."

"But to give a definitive conclusion, one still needs to wait for the pathology report."

"The waiting time won't be long; a conclusion will definitely be available within half an hour."

"Nor is there any need to rush."

"\"Zheng Lao Ban, your surgery and this set of instruments are really a good match. \" Wang Zong sighed."

"\"Not bad. \" Zheng Ren said dryly. As a conversation ender, truly living up to its name, even if Wang Zong wanted to chat a bit more, he wouldn't know what to say."

"\"Chief Zheng, your set of surgical instruments is really good, that……\" Director Sun still had the surgical instruments on his mind, but he forgot Dr. Charles's name, mumbled a bit, then continued: \"Why was it given to you? Is it standard issue? \""

"Wang Zong sighed inwardly; the old director of a small place really can't be evaluated. Why would they send surgical instruments to Zheng Lao Ban? Of course, because his surgery was well done—no need to ask."

"As for whether it's standard issue, you can't tell just by looking."

"However, out of respect for Director Sun, Wang Zong said nothing, lowered his head to look at the hemostatic forceps in Zheng Ren's hand, and felt a pang of envy in his heart."

"\"At the Mayo Clinic, I discussed hepatic partial anatomy with Dr. Charles. They didn't really approve of our segmental and lobar approach, so we argued a few sentences. \" Zheng Ren said lightly: \"The instruments don't seem to be standard issue; Dr. Charles said these are ones he had custom-made over the years whenever he thought of something, gradually accumulating them. \""

"Indeed, that's the case; Wang Zong sighed inwardly. He had known Zheng Lao Ban's surgery was skilled, but he hadn't expected it to be this good."

"Why is their blunt dissection so good? They have the anatomical structure figured out."

"With such proficient skill, how many gross anatomy teachers would it take to produce this?"

"Director Sun heard Zheng Ren say that, gave an embarrassed smile, and softly sighed, \"Chief Zheng, after you left, my little grandson occasionally still mentions you. If you could stay in Hai Cheng, how wonderful that would be. \""

"Zheng Ren heard Director Sun's half-true, half-false words, and just smiled."

"\"After you left, no one does interventional surgery anymore; many patients go straight to the provincial capital. \" Director Sun didn't know what to do; today he had especially many feelings: \"When you were here, you didn't feel anything, but after you left, you feel the hospital is missing a big piece. \""

"\"No way. \" Zheng Ren said: \"The director told me, surgery isn't done by one person, and the hospital won't go bankrupt just because I leave. \""

"\"Sigh. \""

"\"Director Sun, is your little grandson recovering well? \" Zheng Ren asked."

"\"You personally performed the surgery; postoperative recovery couldn't be fast enough, right? Now thinking about it, Old Liu really was blind-eyed, making a fuss over nothing, and ended up making himself sick. \""

"Speaking of Liu Tianxing, Zheng Ren's heart stirred."

"\"How is Director Liu now? \" Zheng Ren asked."

"\"Just barely holding on. \" Director Sun sighed again. The feelings among this group of old directors are said to be deep, but that's nonsense. After all, they've worked together for many years; seeing Liu Tianxing grow increasingly thin still makes them feel uncomfortable."

"\"Zheng Lao Ban, you also know, we old folks aren't familiar with the interventional people. Old Liu went to the provincial capital to find Director Jin for surgery; the postoperative outcome was just so-so. \""

"\"If Director Liu wants, he can go to the imperial capital to find me. \" Zheng Ren looked at Director Sun's eyes, with no emotional fluctuation, speaking calmly."

"Past right and wrong, just let it go. With improving technique and broadening horizons, Zheng Ren also no longer dwells too much on past matters."

"If there was still a little bit of resentment from before, it's because we weren't strong enough. Like a small animal encountering a fierce beast, it would involuntarily bark a few times."

"Thinking back to that surgery, Zheng Ren smiled slightly. Now recalling, Professor Sen Yu's level is just about that; it's not necessarily higher than his own general surgery skill."

"Moreover, what I'm strongest at is not general surgery, but interventional!"

"In interventional surgery, I am the king!"

"Twenty minutes later, the intraoperative frozen section report: benign tumor, with stones."

Suturing the stomach wall wound, removing the gallbladder, Shou Bing ends.