CHAPTER 551: CHAPTER 535: PROBLEM

Wang Huan held his breath, focusing all his attention on the rabbit in front of him, cautiously beginning his surgery.

Earlier, he wanted to boldly suggest to Jiang Xiaoxiao that maybe Jiang Xiaoxiao should be the lead surgeon.

Jiang Xiaoxiao’s calm expression, her commanding presence, completely made her more suitable as the lead than himself.

But still, there was a bit of selfishness in his heart, wanting to stand out in the competition, to be noticed by the professors. He needed the attention more than Jiang Xiaoxiao, after all, Jiang Xiaoxiao was only in her second year, and he was about to face his fourth year.

This was a crucial year.

Slightly disappointed in his own character.

When faced with interests and honors, people are often selfish. He called Jiang Xiaoxiao a friend, but in the face of competition, he couldn’t help but tilt the balance towards himself.

Jiang Xiaoxiao was completely unaware of his thoughts. She carefully observed Wang Huan’s surgical procedure.

What Wang Huan did was actually no different from any student at a medical university, considered standard, as long as there were no mistakes, it was the best completion of the surgery.

Wang Huan’s foundation should be very solid, so in this surgery, it was clear; his fingers were steady, and he wasn’t flustered at all when performing the removal surgery after opening the abdominal cavity.

Moreover, his positioning was very skilled; it seemed Wang Huan had practiced a lot in private.

The students next to him were slightly noisy.

"How can this be? Isn’t it a kidney removal surgery?"

"The right kidney is completely necrotic, and the other kidney has also developed lesions. In this case, even if one kidney is removed, the other can’t sustain the rabbit’s recovery."

"Forget about recovery, the competition requires kidney removal now. Just remove it, stop babbling, the more time you waste, the lower the score you’ll receive."

The low commentary from nearby made Wang Huan a bit restless.

The competition certainly wouldn’t be that simple, if they gave them normal rabbits to operate on, it would be too easy.

He thought since this was a competition, there had to be some requirements.

Opening the abdominal cavity, Wang Huan was dumbfounded.

Jiang Xiaoxiao noticed Wang Huan not moving for a long time and frowned, wondering what was Wang Huan doing?

Opening the abdominal cavity and not acting is a big taboo in surgery.

It’s irresponsible to the patient.

Stepping forward, she whispered to remind Wang Huan.

"Wang Huan, the abdominal cavity has been open for two minutes."

Wang Huan pointed to the abdominal cavity.

"I know we’re a bit late, but look for yourself, it’s not my fault. This rabbit has only one kidney, if I remove it, the rabbit would be kidneyless, how could it survive without a kidney!"

Only then did Jiang Xiaoxiao realize, indeed, inside the abdominal cavity of the rabbit before them, there was only one kidney.

Under normal circumstances, mammals closely resemble human organ habits, having two kidneys, but this rabbit was clearly abnormally developed, only growing one kidney.

Moreover, even the only kidney had many lesions and necrosis, indicating that this rabbit was already critically ill before it was brought in.

Wang Huan really couldn’t make a cut.

No wonder Wang Huan’s face changed.

The organizers of the competition must be a bit crazy, these problems they set are too strange. How did they even find a malformed rabbit?

Wang Huan felt like cursing.

He definitely attended more practical classes than Jiang Xiaoxiao, but the problem was, in this situation, removing the necrotic kidney means there won’t be much left of the remaining kidney, and the rabbit definitely won’t survive the surgery.

In other words, their surgery was a failure whether or not they performed it.

Because the objective of surgery, no matter what kind of surgery you perform, no matter how skillfully, is survival rate. If the survival rate is not met, then the surgery is actually meaningless.

Wang Huan was at a loss because now, he simply couldn’t make an incision on the necrotic organ part.

Because the area of necrosis was too large, cleaning it might affect the healthy part.

Even if he wanted to let the professors see his surgical skills with an exquisite surgery, he couldn’t do it.

Indeed, who could have known the rabbit’s kidneys had changed to this extent.

Jiang Xiaoxiao picked up the scalpel, whispered, "Follow my lead, we’ll cooperate."

This rabbit’s kidney was indeed challenging, it wouldn’t have been specifically chosen by the committee for them to operate on if it wasn’t.

After all, it was meant to challenge the students and also see their ability to respond to such unexpected situations.

It’s not about how exquisite you perform this surgery, it’s about your ability to tackle such difficulties and even ensure success, this is the most important.

Wang Huan, somewhat disheartened, picked up the scalpel. Although he knew this was a competition, he couldn’t give up halfway.

As a medical student, he should persist through various emergencies, this was the psychological resilience they had cultivated.

But facing such a troublesome problem, he inevitably felt a little discouraged.

"Incise at the one o’clock direction with a horizontal cut."

"The entry should be a maximum of 1 millimeter. Yes! At this depth, gently peel away. Excellent work, very professional technique. Yes, you can see now, the necrotic part has been partially peeled away, the necrotic part is actually only on the surface."

The calm and steady voice brought a sense of peace, like warm lake water, surrounding Wang Huan’s still agitated heart. Gradually, Wang Huan’s restless thoughts were guided by Jiang Xiaoxiao’s voice.

Fully focused on his operation, he started getting into the zone, step by step following the commands. Jiang Xiaoxiao always handed him the needed tools at the right time, steadily directing him on what to do next.

All possible scenarios were listed one by one, and suddenly, Wang Huan felt like he was attending a class, a professional anatomy class taught by a professional mentor.

Every step was detailed in front of him, it seemed that the entire surgical operation was vividly portrayed in his mind.

With each step of his operation, the lesions on the rabbit’s kidney were finally peeled away.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief, as it turned out, the lesion wasn’t as bad as it looked; the necrotic areas were mostly on the surface, and by removing these necrotic parts, much of the kidney could actually still be preserved.

The judges behind the large glass window couldn’t help but nod.

"This young man is good! Look at how orderly his operation is, and he didn’t rush to conclusions even in this situation. Instead, he carefully gauged the incision points. And look, his operation is excellent. At his age, to achieve this level is simply perfect.

And the other student’s coordination is seamless, every tool is handed accurately and swiftly, perfectly timed, not a second less or more. For this combination, the score should be at least 9.5."

Other judges also nodded in agreement.

"They are students from the First Medical University. I didn’t expect this combination to surprise us. Although the First Medical University has many outstanding students, I didn’t expect them to solve this difficult problem so easily.

It makes me admire their teachers a bit, how do they teach to make the students face such situations so calmly? Great prospects!"

Many expressed their admiration; after all, these judges were all prominent figures in the medical field.

For them, discovering great prospects was the best reassurance for attracting talents to their respective hospitals in the future.

The country’s medical field needs talent now, the capacity and knowledge of the older generation are limited, only with the younger generation catching up, can there be hope to revitalize the nation’s medical industry.