Chapter 229
Chapter 229: Chapter 127: Diverting Attention, Dr. Chi Wants to Poach_2
Trouble arose quickly though.
Dr. Gan, while debriding, accidentally reopened a blood vessel that had been ligated.
Then it was discovered that the nerve repair was not going to be easy either.
Even worse was the suturing.
The depth of the wound treatment was insufficient, the wound was too wide, and the skin on both sides could not be brought together at all.
One mistake led to another.
The two doctors were in such a chaotic rush that they almost fought each other.
The patient’s severed thumb had an arterial blood vessel. Blood spurted everywhere.
Both Dr. Yang and Dr. Gan ended up with a lot of blood on their clothes.
Even Dr. Gan’s face had specks of blood on it.
Director Shen frowned heavily at the scene.
Dr. Chi spoke up in defense of his junior doctors.
“They might be handling this kind of traumatic limb injury independently for the first time, so their experience is somewhat lacking.”
“Teacher, could I let my subordinates, Doctor Tang and Zhou Can, take over and try? I see that Dr. Yang and Dr. Gan are indeed inexperienced. Their surgical gowns are nearly stained into a new pattern!”
Doctor Shan took the opportunity to step in again.
A humorous metaphor vividly pointed out the two doctors’ embarrassing situation.
Dr. Yang and Dr. Gan couldn’t help but blush.
As experienced senior resident doctors, their lack of coordination and inadequate anticipation had created a mess.
“Opportunities should be equal for all, let Tang and Zhou give it a try! Otherwise, Doctor Shan might say I’m playing favorites!”
Director Shen also felt uncomfortable watching and agreed to Doctor Shan’s request.
He also wanted to take this opportunity to see Zhou Can’s surgical ability.
Rumors are just rumors, after all. He needed to see for himself to be certain.
Just yesterday, he had personally witnessed Zhou Can’s performance in tissue separation, and it was stunning.
“Doctor Shan has arranged for a resident doctor and an intern to take over, such an interesting arrangement!”
Dr. Chi’s gaze shifted towards the stepping-out Zhou Can.
He was fairly familiar with Doctor Tang’s abilities.
What made him curious was that Doctor Shan did not let the less skilled Dr. Hee to operate but chose an intern instead. This arrangement must have a deeper meaning.
It showed her confidence in the intern with the surname Zhou.
Dr. Chi had also heard these past two days that the orthopedic department had received a very strong intern.
But in his opinion, how strong could an intern possibly be?
Soon, Zhou Can showed him exactly how capable an intern could be in surgery.
Zhou Can took over and immediately ligated the patient’s tarsal area.
The bleeding stopped at once.
Then, unhurriedly, with forceps he held onto one of the more severely contracted blood vessels, stretched it out, and performed ligation on the deeper part of the root by one hand. The entire process was skilled and confident.
After handling that blood vessel, he moved on to the second one.
“Dr. Zhou, why did Dr. Yang manage to ligate these blood vessels quite smoothly at first, but later during the debridement the ligatures came loose, making it very difficult to ligate them again?”
Doctor Tang truly had no reservations about asking questions.
He was stunned by Zhou Can’s operation.
All under Doctor Shan’s guidance, with Zhou Can performing excellently, he also felt proud.
Although Dr. Yang blushed with embarrassment, he was very eager to know the answer to the question.
“The human body’s blood system has a self-protective mechanism. For example, this blood vessel, if it breaks or is damaged, will begin to bleed. At this time, in order to stop the bleeding, the body will control the blood vessel to continue to contract and become smaller. Not to mention these small blood vessels, even larger arterial blood vessels, if too much time has passed, are very unfavorable for treatment.”
Zhou Can explained the reasoning in detail.
Dr. Yang’s blood-stopping and ligation capabilities could be considered relatively strong.
Handling fresh wound vessels may not pose a problem.
But when Dr. Gan debrided later, it led to the loosening of the ligature on the vessel, or directly breaking the vessel again.
The difficulty of ligating them again increased significantly.
Because by that time, the vessels had already retracted and become smaller.
Dr. Yang learned a lot after hearing this explanation.
At the same time, he saw that the blood vessels he had found very difficult to handle were like playthings in Zhou Can’s hands.
The level of his hemostasis and ligation skills was clearly a cut above his own.
This skill level was even comparable to Dr. Chi’s.
An intern stronger than an attending?
He subconsciously turned to look at Dr. Chi beside him.
Then he saw Dr. Chi’s eyes wide open. If it weren’t for the mask, his mouth would probably be gaping.
Dr. Chi was probably shocked by Zhou Can’s display of surgical competence.
Gulp!
He swallowed hard.
“Doctor Shan, where did you find such an amazing intern? No wonder you asked him to work on the patient’s wound with Doctor Tang.”
“Hehe, now you know how amazing he is, right? It serves you right for not taking on interns; now I’ve picked up a great bargain.”
Doctor Shan’s two resident doctors simply couldn’t compare with those under Dr. Chi.
Now with Zhou Can, it was a different story.
One intern was worth two.
Zhou Can quickly managed the blood vessels and nerves and looked at Doctor Tang.
“I’ll handle the debridement, can you do the bone shaving?”
“No problem.”
Doctor Tang was known for being uncompetitive and happy to let newcomers shine.
Zhou Can performed the debridement on the patient’s foot wound.
It was ruthlessly efficient, excess flesh, tendons, and other tissues that should be cut away were not spared.
Eventually, a concave wound shape was formed, with the skin preserved around the edges.
[Debridement Experience Points +1.]
These experience points were hard-earned.