Chapter 2337: 2257 Flowers Blooming Together

In the demonstration classroom, the full elite team from the Women and Children's Hospital was deployed, including the anesthesiologists who were on standby, weapons at the ready.

Everything, it seemed not a simulated Shou Bing, but as if they had really opened a Shou Bing. If not careful, the 3D-printed model would die during the Shou Bing.

Their heart function was poor; they could not withstand even the slightest mistake.

The preoperative Shou Bing process went smoothly, after all they had simulated it countless times in their minds, actually simulated it five times. Separating the liver took 2 hours 15 Minute, which was already the shortest.

Simulated Shou Bing is still useful; this can be seen in the continually practiced Shou Bing.

But after opening the chest cavity, seeing the twisted myocardium between the hearts, the surgeon sighed helplessly.

She shook her head; the Shou Bing had come this far, she could only grit her teeth and continue.

Like the imaging data, the conjoined twin's myocardium connecting the two infants twisted and deformed as their heart rates differed during growth, making complete separation extremely difficult.

Moreover, this is not the most difficult part of the Shou Bing.

When actually performing the Shou Bing, faced with two hearts beating out of sync, the difficulty would inevitably surge.

"Director Han, isn't it possible?" Vice President Chen asked from behind her.

Director Han shook his head and let out a faint sigh. She said nothing; a single sigh already conveyed enough meaning.

No matter how much effort had been made beforehand, no matter how much money had been spent at any cost, preparing the world's most advanced 3D-printed Experiment and intraoperative navigation equipment, in the end it was still hard to overcome the difficulty brought by the patient's growth deformity.

This is an objective fact, not to be shifted by the Supervisor's awareness.

President Chen gazed at the two small hearts, and like Director Han, also let out a deep sigh.

After attempting to cut open, Director Han said a few minutes later: "I can't go on."

Let's stop here; if it can't be done, why bother going on stage to try?

Fortunately, these technological products now allow problems to be detected before surgery; whether the surgery can be done is clear at a glance, unlike before when one only found out it couldn't be done after opening up, and then had to close it again in disappointment.

Vice President Chen also had nothing to hesitate about; she announced the surgery would be cancelled, with the Medical Department staff, Director Han, and the patient's family handling the related explanations, while she herself returned to her office in low spirits, recalling these days' hardships.

Not every hardship guarantees final victory.

All bitter results must be accepted calmly; Vice President Chen advised herself not to dwell too much.

In the world between heaven and earth, life is essentially a journey; no one can live forever, nor can anyone avoid death forever.

They just died a little early.

Vice President Chen sat helplessly by the bed, looking at the bright sunshine outside the window, and suddenly wondered whether these two children, if the surgery succeeded and they grew up healthily, would become interested in medicine.

Many years ago, in Nantong, the older sister of a set of conjoined twins had already entered clinical testing after the separation surgery.

Her thoughts drifted like willow fluff to a faraway place; Vice President Chen tried to empty her mind so that various regrets and helplessness would not surface.

Too much negative emotion can cause a breakdown.

She herself had a clinical background; for doctors, knowing how to relieve stress and manage emotions is very important—if one cannot learn self‑emotional regulation and stress relief, problems will arise before the age of thirty.

This is good; Vice President Chen comforted herself.

Not having to wait until getting on the operating table to discover a problem, although costly, allows advance estimation; it could be said to let the children suffer a little less?

Just comfort herself like this; as for the rest, Vice President Chen also didn't know what to think.

She still needs to report this to the president, but that's no trouble—the experts at Philadelphia Children's Hospital are unwilling to perform this surgery, and Vice President Chen had already seen the outcome early on.

In the world, is there any hospital more formidable than Philadelphia Children's Hospital? Vice President Chen pondered; even if there were, its level would not overwhelm by leaps and bounds.

Forget it; don't think about it.

She sighed again; just as Vice President Chen was about to dispel this thought, at the instant when all images vanished in her subconscious, only a shadow remained that could not be erased.

Zheng Lao Ban? The Zheng Lao Ban from 912!

Thinking of him, Vice President Chen gave a wry smile. An Intervention Department… no, not long ago he seemed to have livestreamed an extremely difficult liver transplant surgery.

General surgery, Intervention Department, and pediatric surgery are essentially different.

Being good at general surgery does not mean one can do pediatric surgery, which is inherently special.

Zheng Lao Ban definitely couldn't do it, Vice President Chen shook her head.

Yet she inexplicably picked up her phone and went into a daze.

Although logically it shouldn't work, what if it could? A few days ago Zheng Lao Ban seemed to have performed interventional treatment for late‑stage dilated cardiomyopathy; could the conjoined twins also be treated by interventional means?

Just because one thinks it's impossible doesn't make it truly impossible.

Vice President Chen didn't want to think more; pondering this further is useless—ultimately one must ask to know.

Anyway, she has been in frequent contact with Zheng Lao Ban lately; intracardiac intervention surgery is extremely difficult, and the doctors under her still need to be trained from scratch.

Even if a protocol were established, in the end Zheng Lao Ban would still have to point out the various details.

"Vice President Yuan, it's me."

Vice President Chen called the Vice President in charge of clinical affairs at 912.

"On my side there is a case of conjoined twin heart surgery; I have begun contacting the expert team from Philadelphia Children's Hospital, but that side said yesterday they had given up, deeming the surgery impossible."

"Yes, this is precisely to ask Zheng Lao Ban, isn't it? With no other option, I have already used the intraoperative navigation system and 3D‑printed simulation, yet the surgery still cannot be performed."

"Alright, I'll wait for your news; let's have a meal together another day."

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912, Vice President Yuan was wandering through the clinical departments, doing on‑site office work.

After hanging up, his brows furrowed, his mood somewhat complex.

Philadelphia Children's Hospital had given up the surgery, yet the Vice President of the Women and Children's Hospital thought of Zheng Lao Ban—could it be that pediatric surgery…?

However, Vice President Yuan had nothing to dwell on; he directly called Director Kong and told Zheng Lao Ban to come find him.

In the bright afternoon sunshine, Zheng Ren held the Fifth Edition of External Medicine and pondered.

Suddenly a "ding‑dong" sound came from his ear, a sound truly long absent. The frequency of Big Pig Trotter's surgery announcements has been slowing down, and Zheng Ren has grown accustomed to this rhythm.

It doesn't matter; both the Intervention and General Surgery skill trees have reached their peaks, so what more could one ask for?

He took a careful look at the mission.

【Side Mission: Flowers Blooming Side by Side.】

Mission Content: Complete a heart conjoined twin separation Shou Bing.

Mission Time: 5 days.

Mission Rewards: Experience Points: 100000 points, Skill Points: 10000 points, Microsurgery Skill+2, Activate Assistant Mode.

Note: Assistant Mode rewards are issued in advance, each assistant consumes Surgical Training Time × 2.】

Oh? Has the Microsurgery Skill increased? What is Assistant Mode? Zheng Ren became interested.

After the last liver transplant, the Organ Transplant Skill increased; Zheng Ren didn't have a chance to try it, and this time he received another mission that increases Microsurgery Skill.

【They said, quickly write a love song……】