CHAPTER 31: CHAPTER 31: XIA XIAOYU’S MISTAKE

"We can proceed with the surgery."

Zhao Heng looked at the various data on the life monitor and said to Li Yang.

"Alright."

Li Yang nodded, at this moment, Zhao Heng gave him a feeling of reliability similar to Gao Jun.

After the anesthesia was complete, Zhao Heng naturally moved to the side and sat next to Gao Jun.

"Little Zhao, it seems I’ve underestimated your progress."

Gao Jun looked at Zhao Heng sitting calmly beside him and said with some admiration.

Originally, he planned to mentor Zhao Heng for a few years, but looking at Zhao Heng’s progress now, in at most half a year, Zhao Heng would have absorbed everything from him.

"By the way, Little Zhao, tomorrow is a day off, how about we relax a bit?"

After a pause, Gao Jun continued.

In the profession of being a doctor, the most important thing is to learn to relax.

As for Gao Jun, his rest mostly comes in clusters.

At most, he rests five or six days a month.

And tomorrow is a routine day off.

On rare days off like this, he usually invites a few good friends to relax together.

"Relax?"

Upon hearing Gao Jun’s words, the word ’relax’ had become somewhat unfamiliar to Zhao Heng.

To put it bluntly, it was a matter of having no money.

Every month, after the rent and daily expenses, there isn’t any spare money left for leisure activities.

"I have a friend who opened a Hot Spring Villa. These days I’ve noticed you’re a bit tired too, working in our profession, we must balance work and rest."

Gao Jun said.

To be honest, in the past few days, with Zhao Heng as an assistant, Gao Jun had the rare opportunity to relax for several days.

This feeling of relaxation was something he hadn’t experienced in a long time.

Thus, in life, he also became more concerned about Zhao Heng.

"Alright, sure."

Zhao Heng nodded, understanding that in modern society, the boundaries among colleagues remain quite distinct.

At work, everyone may seem harmonious, but after work, one generally doesn’t arrange to dine together or the like.

If they do hang out together, it means the relationship is quite good.

Just then, Zhao Heng saw a white light ball fall from Li Yang.

With familiar ease, Zhao Heng willed the light ball to transform into a stream of light that merged into his mind.

"Ding! Picked up [Gastrointestinal Perforation Repair Technique (Proficient)]."

Another proficient skill?

Zhao Heng found that on attending physicians like Li Yang, only proficient-level skills seem to drop.

So far, Zhao Heng has only picked up perfect-level skills from Huang Jincheng.

However, for now, proficient-level skills are sufficient.

The more skills, the better for a doctor who must learn as much as possible.

"What happened?!"

While Zhao Heng was browsing through the integrated skills in his mind, he suddenly heard Li Yang’s angry voice.

Zhao Heng looked up and saw Xia Xiaoyu standing dazed next to the operating table, her eyes full of panic.

Because just now, during the surgery, she was slightly distracted and accidentally ruptured a small artery in the patient’s gastric body.

Though it was a small artery, the rupture and bleeding were still very serious.

This seriously affected the progress of the gastric perforation repair.

"Teacher, I’m sorry."

Xia Xiaoyu knew she made a mistake and said quietly.

She didn’t explain; in the operating room, explanations are useless after making a mistake.

"Forget it, go and take a rest."

Li Yang looked at the panic and guilt in Xia Xiaoyu’s eyes and felt a bit soft-hearted; he also knew that Xia Xiaoyu had been working straight for 24 hours, so making mistakes due to fatigue was normal.

However, the operating room is a place where mistakes cannot happen, regardless of the reason.

"Teacher, then what about the surgery?"

Xia Xiaoyu asked in a low and timid voice.

"Little Zhao, have you coordinated with a gastric perforation repair before?"

Li Yang thought for a moment and suddenly spoke to Zhao Heng who was sitting down.

Gastric perforation repair is a very common surgery in surgery departments, and most doctors have assisted or observed it during internships, which is why Li Yang asked.

Moreover, he has an inexplicable trust in Zhao Heng.

"Hmm, I’ve coordinated before."

Zhao Heng nodded, although his gaze showed some hesitation.

However, he didn’t want to stand up and assist with the surgery; in the operating room, everyone has their own position; as an anesthesiologist, he shouldn’t take the role of the main surgeon.

Moreover, seeing Xia Xiaoyu’s aggrieved appearance, Zhao Heng felt even more that he shouldn’t hastily stand out.

"Junior, I’m counting on you."

Seeing Zhao Heng’s hesitant look at her, Xia Xiaoyu understood Zhao Heng was considering her feelings, and a warm feeling surged in her heart.

In such a situation, if it were someone else, they would be grateful not to step on her, let alone consider her feelings.

It’s been a long time since Xia Xiaoyu felt this kind of care and concern.

Zhao Heng nodded, gave Xia Xiaoyu a glance, stood up, changed into surgical garb, put on gloves, and stood opposite Li Yang.

Looking down, Zhao Heng realized that due to the small artery in the gastric body being accidentally ruptured by Xia Xiaoyu earlier, the patient’s abdominal cavity was now full of accumulated blood.

However, the experienced Li Yang had already identified the ruptured small artery and clamped it with a hemostat.

"Teacher Li, why don’t I handle the gastric perforation repair?"

Zhao Heng looked over and suggested to Li Yang.

It’s important to know that the surgery time is limited by the amount of anesthesia a body can withstand.

Now that the small artery is ruptured, in addition to gastric repair, arterial repair is required, which significantly extends the surgery time.

For an average patient, extending the surgery time and increasing the anesthetic dose is feasible.

But for a middle-aged man with a long history of alcoholism, who already has high tolerance to anesthesia, the dose is already substantial and increasing it further could cause irreversible damage to brain cells.

This is why Li Yang was so angry.

"You?"

Hearing Zhao Heng’s suggestion, Li Yang was momentarily stunned.

Initially, he wanted Zhao Heng to assist him in repairing the artery first, then proceed with the gastric perforation repair.

However, this approach would inevitably extend the surgery, increasing the risks.

But if Zhao Heng handled the gastric perforation repair while he repaired the artery, they could complete the surgery within the expected time.

It’s important to note that the difficulty of repair is much greater for artery repair than for gastric perforation repair.

Because the margin for error in artery repair is much lower than in gastric perforation repair.

"Alright, go ahead."

After a brief thought, Li Yang decided to trust Zhao Heng.

The margin for error in artery repair is extremely low; if not done properly, and the artery ruptures again after closing the abdomen, it would require reopening the abdominal cavity, which would result in disastrous consequences.

Furthermore, the stomach wall inherently has some self-repair capability, making the margin for error in the surgery relatively higher.