Chapter 161: with translation of chapter title

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0158 One minute on stage, ten years of practice off stage.

0158 One minute on stage, ten years of practice off stage.

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Translate: Pengcheng, Development Zone People's Hospital. Keep punctuation. So 【2】 Pengcheng, Development Zone People's Hospital.

In the interventional department director's office, Mu Tao and Old Wu Wu Haishi stared unblinkingly at the surgery being streamed.

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Pengcheng's conditions are especially good; for ordinary doctors it's like this, but for Old Wu, a nationally renowned expert, scholar, and professor, the conditions are even better.

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We need to keep punctuation: original has commas separating clauses. We'll keep similar.

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Old Wu clasped his hands together, his right middle finger lightly tapping the back of his left hand as he watched and pondered.

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The surgeon is highly skilled, something Mu Tao had known all along.

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Yet today's surgery gave him a strong sense of discomfort.

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But once the images were displayed, Mu Tao started to feel dazed.

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He did not hastily judge the surgeon's carelessness, since many vascular reconstructions in liver tumor tissue are supplied by the short gastric artery.

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He could determine this without needing contrast imaging.

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He had many points in mind, such as the surgeon's tactile sense, surgical intuition, preoperative examination, intraoperative imaging, and so on.

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This is the real world, not a fantasy novel—how could anyone possibly be clairvoyant?

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In other words, this patient's tumor-feeding blood vessels are supplied via the short gastric artery, not a branch of the hepatic artery.

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But… how did he determine it was the short gastric artery rather than the diaphragmatic artery, spinal artery, or even the thoracic or abdominal aorta?

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If he had known preoperatively that the patient's tumor blood supply was via the short gastric artery, he would surely have done just as well as the surgeon… right…

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Those few vascular branches are nothing; selectively catheterizing the extremely tiny vessels in the liver should be doable for me—if I can't do it once, I could try super-selecting a few more times.

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No……

Translate: No...... Output: 【31】 No......

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One minute on stage, ten years of practice off stage.

Translate: One minute on stage, ten years of practice off stage. Output: 【33】 One minute on stage, ten years of practice off stage.

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He still possesses the most basic understanding, and necessarily so. As a leading figure of the new generation of interventionalists nationwide, his skill level among those under forty is rare.

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Mu Tao thought to himself.

Translate: Mu Tao secretly thought to himself. Output: 【37】 Mu Tao secretly thought to himself.

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The microcatheter entered the liver along the microguidewire, chemotherapy drugs were administered, perfusion chemotherapy performed, then embolic agents were administered, followed by another angiogram; finding no omissions, the procedure ended.

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"The surgeon's skill is higher than mine; I estimate he's around fifty, a top domestic expert or an internationally renowned specialist." Mu Tao voiced his opinion.

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Translate: Wu Lao's right middle finger tapped the back of his left hand a bit faster. Output: 【42】 Wu Lao's right middle finger tapped the back of his left hand a bit faster.

"That's not what I'm asking; I want to know the surgeon's identity and how well the surgery was done, not just your opinion." Soon, Old Wu expressed his dissatisfaction.

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Translate: Mu Tao is his closed-door disciple; speaking naturally, there's no need for politeness. Output: 【44】 Mu Tao is his closed-door disciple; speaking naturally, there's no need for politeness.

"Well…" Mu Tao was unsure of Old Wu's meaning and hesitated a moment.

Translate: "\"Well...... \" Mu Tao was unsure of Wu Lao's meaning, hesitating a bit." Output: 【45】 "Well......" Mu Tao was unsure of Wu Lao's meaning, hesitating a bit.

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"I have a few guesses." Mu Tao laid out all his guesses in detail.

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Translate: Wu Lao continued to ponder, only the speed of his fingers tapping the back of his hand increased. Output: 【48】 Wu Lao continued to ponder, only the speed of his fingers tapping the back of his hand increased.

Mu Tao knew the teacher's habit: the speed of his finger tapping the back of his hand indicates the speed of his thinking.

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"A 64-slice CT three-dimensional reconstruction… probably isn't that detailed." Mu Tao wondered.

Translate: "\"Slice CT three-dimensional reconstruction...... doesn't seem that precise. \" Mu Tao wondered." Output: 【51】 "Slice CT three-dimensional reconstruction...... doesn't seem that precise." Mu Tao wondered.

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"Who is it?"

Translate: "\"Who is it? \"" Output: 【53】 "Who is it?"

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Translate: Wu Lao waved his hand, indicating not to interrupt him. Output: 【54】 Wu Lao waved his hand, indicating not to interrupt him.

"When interventional procedures were first being learned in China, the first to be exposed were radiologists; I consider myself part of the second batch to get involved in interventional work." Old Wu said: "Those who work with CT got involved in interventional procedures only after radiofrequency ablation began to be widely adopted. But radiofrequency ablation is also mainly performed by clinical physicians."

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"It seems the surgeon must have had the support of a large team to prepare for the super-selective catheterization of the short gastric artery. But such delicate work couldn't be done by a CT physician. It must be the surgeon; surely the surgeon performed the 64-slice CT three-dimensional reconstruction." Old Wu grew more excited as he spoke, eventually standing up and waving his right hand.

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"It's fine." Old Wu laughed: "Download the recorded video; we'll have material for this afternoon's study."

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"It's fine." Wu Lao laughed and said: "Download the video recording; today's Afternoon study now has material."

Mu Tao nodded, but when he switched the page, he was stunned.

"How?" Wu Lao asked.

"The recording disappeared." Mu Tao replied blankly.

"..." Wu Lao also froze for a moment, then said: "What the hell is going on!"

Looking at the angry Wu Lao, Mu Tao didn't dare say a word.

After a few minutes, Wu Lao's anger subsided, and he said in a low voice, "You, come with me to the CT Shi."

"Huh? Why go there?" Mu Tao was puzzled.

"Go learn how to do CT 3D reconstruction." Wu Lao said calmly.

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