Chapter 2791: 2590: Already Over Before It Even Started

As the airtight lead door closed, the surgery officially began.

Zheng Ren used a 7.5mm bronchial tube to examine the bronchus, then used a 6-FrJR-4 guide catheter to enter the bronchus, and a 0.035-inch guide wire smoothly went in along the bronchial tube.

These steps were fine; although Zheng Lao Ban did them more skillfully, Zhou Chun Yong could also do them. Although his actions were much slower than Zheng Lao Ban's, being ten or several dozen seconds late was not fatal.

Then the guide catheter extended out from the side hole of the bronchial tube to reach the foreign object, and Zheng Ren sent the miniature capture device he had just selected into it.

Zhou Chun Yong began holding his breath; the following operation was the most crucial step! When he had performed it before, he had done it 16 times, and once he successfully used a 3-Fr vascular forceps to clamp the foreign object and send it to the vocal cord level.

However, due to a problem with the vascular forceps' latch, when it reached the vocal cord position the staple fell back, resulting in futile effort.

How would Zheng Lao Ban do it?!

Zhou Chun Yong stared without blinking, even holding his breath, afraid to miss even a single frame.

The next second, Zheng Lao Ban operated the vascular forceps with extreme precision to grasp the staple. Zhou Chun Yong sighed inwardly, just this operation alone he could not do. Zheng Lao Ban is Zheng Lao Ban—steady hand, accurate eye, the whole person like a rock unmoved by external things.

Although Zhou Chun Yong felt emotional, his heart leapt to his throat. What followed was his attempt at the step he had tried 16 times, the only time he had come close to success, yet again failed at the last moment.

How would Zheng Lao Ban clamp the staple past the vocal cords?

But Zhou Chun Yong soon felt disappointed; Zheng Lao Ban did not remove the staple, but instead sent the miniature capture device down.

What did he want to do? Zhou Chun Yong felt somewhat puzzled.

Director Geng also didn't understand; they stared blankly at the screen, completely unaware of Zheng Lao Ban's operational intent.

"Damn! Boss, your train of thought is awesome!" Su Yun's voice came over the intercom, startling Zhou Chun Yong and Director Geng.

Zheng Ren did not answer Su Yun's words, and Su Yun merely expressed his feelings, not expecting his own boss to reply, and directly turned off the intercom.

"Awesome train of thought?" Zhou Chun Yong was startled, then realized Su Yun had said the train of thought was awesome. Just how awesome it was… after Su Yun's "reminder," Zhou Chun Yong immediately thought of the problem.

He had fallen into a mental trap, thinking that clamping the staple with the vascular forceps and pulling it out would work, but it failed. Zheng Lao Ban never intended to pull the staple out with the vascular forceps; the forceps merely served a capturing function!

Indeed, Zheng Lao Ban lowered the miniature capture device, fixed the vascular forceps in place, and then removed the bronchial tube, guide catheter, capture device, and staple together.

With the bronchial tube fixed, the vascular forceps steadily held the staple, completing the operation without surprise or joy.

"……"

Zhou Chun Yong and Director Geng stared dumbfounded.

Although this operation was quite "clumsy," it was clumsily clever. Zhou Chun Yong sighed with regret, thinking that if he had known earlier he could do it this way, even if he couldn't grab the staple in one go, he would eventually be able to finish the surgery.

Zheng Lao Ban finished an operation in a few minutes; even if I took several hours, it wouldn't matter. The key was still a way of thinking; I had been too obstinate, drilling into a hornet's nest and ending up in a dead end.

Holding that staple, Zhou Chun Yong let out a long breath. Never mind eight staples; even eighty would be no problem.

As long as one had the idea, everything would follow naturally; even if I were standing in the surgeon's position now, I could perform this surgery.

……

……

Hu Yan Hui debugged the equipment, running back and forth between two sides; his dark face flushed, making him look even darker.

She took 12 minutes to finally connect the signal, and the image of Zheng Lao Ban performing surgery in the operating room appeared on the big screen.

There was no sound; a hand wearing sterile gloves was taking out a staple and handing it to the person beside.

"Damn……" one person exclaimed.

This was also what others thought; looking at Zheng Lao Ban, his surgery was truly damn fast!

How long has it been, and already a staple has been taken out? Ten-plus minutes? Eight staples, even with delays, the surgery could be finished in two hours.

Zheng Lao Ban's surgery is truly fast! Everyone thought. Especially seeing the staple removed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The surgery would surely succeed; all that remained was to watch Zheng Lao Ban's surgical skill.

No wonder they dared to livestream the surgery; this surgery is just good!

"Section Chief Lin, Zheng Lao Ban is awesome!" Director Ma praised.

Lin Ge smiled faintly but said nothing. His eyes stared fixedly at the screen, not blinking.

Afterwards, that hand performed a procedure, seemingly indicating how anesthesia works.

What is this for?

Soon, the final image appeared before everyone's eyes; the patient's lungs were clean and clean, with no trace of the staple.

Director Ma's words seemed still echoing in the ears; the just‑uttered "Damn" had not completely faded; the surgery broadcast's image glanced left and right twice, then immediately turned and stepped down.

This is…… finished?

This is finished!

"Holy crap!" How long has it been? Exactly how many ten‑odd minutes? Could it be that the operating room's time flow differs from the demo room? Or have we entered Einstein's relativistic space?

Director Ma's raised thumb hovered in mid‑air, staring blankly at the screen, the whole person stunned.

"Director Ma, the surgery is over. What we just saw was probably the last staple. It's really fast; I never expected Zheng Lao Ban to do it this quickly." Lin Ge stood up, patted Director Ma's shoulder, and said with a grin.

He turned to look at the expressions of the people from the Medical University Affiliated Hospital, feeling extremely pleased—more pleased than when Zheng Lao Ban completed the heart conjoined separation surgery at the Women and Children's Hospital!

That time everyone saw it but couldn't do it. This time, they talked about it all day, but in the end they couldn't find Zheng Lao Ban to save the situation. Yet in the end they didn't even see the surgical process, and the surgery had already ended.

Lin Ge felt that if speaking of refreshment, following Zheng Lao Ban was even more refreshing.

When I spoke on the podium, the applause below was mostly perfunctory. But now, seeing the many directors of the Medical University Affiliated Hospital astonished beyond description, an unconscious sound came from my throat; Lin Ge smiled faintly and turned and walked away.

Hmm, walking away like this at this moment would be very pretentious, Lin Ge thought.

No wonder Zheng Lao Ban usually doesn't eat with other hospital leaders; at times like this, turning and walking away is truly awesome!

Zheng Lao Ban isn't ignorant of worldly affairs; he's truly damn good at pretending. This subtle pretense…… Lin Ge felt pretentious to the extreme!

This time there was a bit more action; if he gave a faint smile, told Director Ma the surgery was over, and then turned and walked away, that would be the most perfect!

One still needs to learn from Zheng Lao Ban; even in such details, Zheng Lao Ban has deep meaning, Lin Ge thought.