Chapter 497: 489 At worst, just cut

"Teacher Gao, can I try?" Zheng Ren asked softly beside Gao Shaojie.

The entire operating room was filled with an atmosphere of failure and dejection.

No one spoke a word; it was extremely quiet, as if even the sound of heartbeats had vanished into oblivion.

Although Zheng Ren's voice was soft, in this quiet setting it was especially grating.

Gao Shaojie's heart tightened; the thing he feared most had finally arrived.

The guidewire had fallen into the blood vessel; because its surface was extremely smooth, the chance of retrieving it was very small. Most cases require vascular surgery involvement, with a success rate of less than fifty percent, perhaps even less than ten percent.

Naturally, the best method is to use interventional technique to retrieve the guidewire.

However, the interventional doctors at the Medical University Affiliated Hospital had all tried and failed, leaving a mark of shame upon them.

Teacher Zheng said he wanted to try…… but he lacked the qualifications for this practice. Coming to do flying knife procedures, merely registered in the Medical Department, was only related surgery.

This matter is neither big nor small; if someone really latches onto it, it's hard to explain.

The gazes of the other people in the room fixed on Zheng Ren, full of surprise.

He will try?

Who is he!

The Director of Medical Affairs glanced askance at Zheng Ren, his face full of dissatisfaction, then looked at Gao Shaojie and said, "Director Gao, this person is……"

"Director Lin, this is Teacher Zheng whom I invited to perform the TIPS surgery." Gao Shaojie felt a bit embarrassed and hurriedly explained.

"Hmph!" Director Lin snorted coldly.

"Teacher Gao, this person…… can he really perform the TIPS surgery?" Director Chen asked in surprise.

Because the vascular surgery department performs both open surgery and interventional procedures, they are relatively familiar with interventional techniques.

Therefore, Director Chen was surprised.

Gao Shaojie is usually steady, lacking the reckless behavior of a newly appointed professor. Precisely because of that, he was even more surprised.

Everyone involved in interventional work knows how difficult the TIPS surgery is.

Gao Shaojie is, after all, a Doctor of Medicine from the Columbia University Medical Center.

If one were to invite a professor from the Columbia University Medical Center to perform the TIPS surgery, addressing him as Teacher would be accepted by everyone.

If one were to invite professors from Di Du or Modu to perform the TIPS surgery, that would still be passable.

But how could he have invited such a young person to do the surgery and still call him Teacher……

How embarrassing!

Gao Shaojie felt as if sitting on pins and needles under the gaze of everyone.

Hearing Director Chen's question, Gao Shaojie sighed inwardly but still said directly, "You have misunderstood; I did not invite Teacher Zheng to perform the surgery."

Director Chen breathed a sigh of relief; it turned out he had misheard.

No wonder.

"I invited Teacher Zheng to teach me how to do the TIPS surgery." Gao Shaojie faced all gazes calmly and said sincerely.

"……" Director Chen was surprised for no reason.

"……" Director Lin was surprised for no reason.

"……" Everyone in the room stared at Gao Shaojie in surprise, feeling they had misheard.

Faced with countless astonished gazes, Gao Shaojie began to feel somewhat unaccustomed, but soon calmed down.

Since Zheng Ren had spoken up and stepped forward, I must unconditionally stand on his side; this is not to be shaken.

"This…… Teacher Zheng? You just said you wanted to try?" Director Chen really did not want to step forward.

Cutting open to remove the guidewire has a failure rate that is simply too high, and it requires even more luck than the TIPS procedure.

From the moment of incision, one must pray that the guidewire does not move within the blood vessel.

If it shifts, one must change the incision site. But praying that the blood does not flow? That's no joke. One can only hope the guidewire lodges in a branch of the blood vessel and stays still temporarily.

Once the guidewire moves, one must change the incision point.

But…… surely we wouldn't end up cutting the patient all over with holes, would we?

The surgical difficulty is extremely great; Director Chen also lacks confidence, not even having a one‑in‑ten chance.

"Let's try." Zheng Ren paid no attention to what everyone around him was doing or saying; he stared at the screen, fully focused.

"Damn it, we're already like this, and we're only a few minutes away?" Su Yun stood beside Zheng Ren and blurted out: "Doing an interventional procedure, being able to push the guidewire and contrast agent in together is already bizarre. Are you really that willing to cut open? Once the guidewire enters the aorta, what happens afterward, nobody knows."

What Su Yun said made sense, and it was simple and direct, even carrying a hint of coarseness.

Each of his words was like a slap, striking the face of every person in the operating room.

Director Lin's complexion suddenly turned grim.

In other words, not knowing this person, any doctor from the Medical University Affiliated Hospital who dared to speak to him like this would never think of living a peaceful life thereafter.

"Director Lin, why not let Teacher Zheng try?" Gao Shaojie stepped forward and said firmly, "Teacher Zheng's level is much higher than mine; if we can't do it, he might still be able to."

"Director Lin, why not let Teacher Zheng try?" Gao Shaojie stepped forward, saying firmly: "Teacher Zheng's level is much higher than mine; we can't do it, but he might not fail."

"At worst, it's just cutting open." Gao Shaojie threw down the last weight.

"Alright, let's give it a try." Director Lin sighed, saying it helplessly.

What Gao Shaojie and Su Yun said made sense; it's just a try, after all…… what if…… what if it actually works?

Cutting open, regardless of success or failure, constitutes a major medical accident; nobody wants to resort to it unless it's the last step.

But this Teacher Zheng is really too young, isn't he?

In the medical field, being young means lacking steadiness, means lacking experience, means the technique…… is just that.

Under thirty, at best he's just an attending physician; what kind of technique could he have? And yet the TIPS surgery—Old Gao is just messing around!

"Teacher Zheng, thank you for the trouble." Gao Shaojie said politely to Zheng Ren.

"Teacher Zheng, thank you for the trouble." Gao Shaojie said politely to Zheng Ren.

"It's fine." Zheng Ren had a complete plan in mind, smiled slightly, and patted Gao Shaojie's shoulder.

"Boss, I'll go with you." Su Yun glanced at the surrounding doctors, contempt overflowing in their eyes.

All doctors in the operating room, after seeing Su Yun's gaze, had the same thought.

I really want to beat them up; this person managing to live this long is definitely not easy.

"Teacher Gao, this isn't right." Zheng Ren hesitated a bit.

"Um, yes." Gao Shaojie said politely: "Yun Ge'er, take a rest; no matter how you say it, this is our Hospital's affair, we can't have no one take responsibility. I and Teacher Zheng will go up; if anything happens, it will be my surgery."

Everyone glanced sideways, not knowing what Gao Shaojie was up to.

Respecting the operator, that's fine, but what if their skill is really high? Yet they respect this sharp-tongued assistant so much—what's going on?

Even if a certain director from Di Du came with a Flying Knife, they wouldn't speak in such a respectful tone. Only a few top-level figures like Teacher Xu Ke nationwide deserve such a tone.

Yun Ge'er, who is that?!

Do they even deserve it?

Su Yun thought about it, that's indeed the case, smiled, and said: "Study well, don't zone out."

Gao Shaojie was greatly embarrassed.

Taking the guidewire is just a job of wiping someone's ass; what's there to learn?

If it weren't for Zheng Ren speaking up, Gao Shaojie wouldn't want to stick his neck out.

There's no responsibility, the key is Gao Shaojie thinks they can't get it out.

The lead door opened, Professor Liu walked out dejected, shook their head, and said: "The guidewire is too slippery, can't get it out. Director Chen, get ready to go up."

"Lao Gao said they want to try." Director Chen said slowly.

Professor Liu was stunned for a moment, then shook their head again.

When they saw Gao Shaojie and Teacher Zheng enter the door on the other side of the Operating Room, starting to put on lead clothing and scrub hands, they were stunned.

"Li Jianguo, why didn't Lao Gao bring you up?" Professor Liu didn't know what was happening outside, until seeing Gao Shaojie first put on lead clothing, finish scrubbing hands, go to prepare, completely dumbfounded.

"Teacher Zheng... said they want to try." Li Jianguo also dazed, replied in a daze.

"..." Professor Liu instantly became unhappy.

Is this a slap in the face?

The young doctor from the outer clinic really has no sense of propriety in handling things.

They themselves can't fish it out; Lao Gao definitely can't either. Can that young doctor manage?

You're joking!

The nurse entered the operating room, tied the clothes for Gao Shaojie and Zheng Ren, Zheng Ren stepped onto the platform and said: "Manager Feng, bring in a 5F microguidewire."

Feng Xu Hui, sweating profusely in front of everyone, found a microguidewire from the pull‑rod case and handed it to the instrument nurse.

"Oh, you even brought your own supplies." Professor Liu said coldly.

"When the Boss is at home, the Operating Room instrument nurses are all specialized." Su Yun retorted without hesitation, "Using specialized supplies isn't that what should be done?"