Chapter 425 - 258: Is This a Family Banquet? The Mayor, Director, and Colonel Appear
Chapter 425: Chapter 258: Is This a Family Banquet? The Mayor, Director, and Colonel Appear
As the surgery neared its end, the directors began to chat casually.
They were all planning to go to Wu Ting’s housewarming party after the surgery for a proper chat.
Just as they were chatting, the director of the radiology department rushed in and laid out Chen Yuhui’s situation in detail.
"What? The patient has a pericardial hernia and cardiac dislocation?"
Hearing this, the heavy hitters in the operating room were all deeply shocked.
But the surgery they were performing wasn’t finished yet.
They exchanged glances. They had no choice but to split up. Otherwise, the other patient wouldn’t last much longer.
After all, Wu Ting had never demonstrated the ability to handle a pericardial hernia, nor had they heard of him having any experience in the matter.
"Director Shao, Director Huo, Director Lin, you go to the emergency room. Director Shen and I will stay behind to finish this surgery."
Hearing Director Gao’s suggestion, the others agreed. The core part of the heart transplant was already complete; Director Gao and Shen Siyuan could handle the rest.
Director Shao, Director Huo, and Director Lin immediately departed for the emergency room.
When they heard from the director of radiology that Wu Ting and Qin Donglai had already wheeled the patient into the resuscitation room, Huo Yun and Lin Hu were both worried and somewhat angry.
’He has such a bright future, why would he be so impulsive? The mortality rate for pericardial hernia is extremely high. Without sufficient experience, it’s impossible to handle.’
Director Shao quickened his pace. He knew better than anyone how dangerous a pericardial hernia was. The hardest parts were dealing with the subsequent cardiac dislocation and relieving the cardiac tamponade.
The procedure itself was complex, but the critical time pressure was even more deadly.
A rescue would be impossible in time unless they performed a blind, freehand repositioning without a visual field. Using assistive devices, coupled with a lack of practice, would simply be too slow.
Shao Yuqiao had no time to explain the difficulties and dangers to the other directors. He took the lead, with the others following close behind.
"Director Shao, this way, this way."
Huo Yun hurried to catch up, also worried that Wu Ting would cause a medical incident.
A few minutes later, they arrived at the resuscitation room. There, they saw Wu Ting, Qin Donglai, and a third person steadily performing the subsequent hepatic hemostasis and organ repair.
"Didn’t the patient have a pericardial hernia... cardiac dislocation?"
Director Shao couldn’t help but ask.
"We’ve already completed the repositioning, pericardiocentesis, and interrupted suturing of the pericardial laceration..."
Wu Ting kept his head down, tending to the bleeding liver. He was even more composed and proficient when it came to a ruptured liver.
He calmly answered Director Shao:
"I performed a manual repositioning and drained the pericardial effusion intraoperatively. We cleared about 2000ml of blood from the abdominal cavity, transfused seven units of packed red blood cells and 400ml of plasma, and administered about 3400ml of intraoperative fluids..."
"The patient’s left hemidiaphragm was blocked by an enlarged spleen, and the right was blocked by the liver. When the abdomen sustained a powerful, violent impact, a massive pressure differential was created between the pericardial and abdominal cavities, tearing the central tendon of the diaphragm and the diaphragmatic portion of the pericardium. So, I manually repositioned the heart from its dislocated position, guiding it back to the phrenicopericardial ligament and securing it to the central tendon of the diaphragm..."
As Wu Ting spoke, he precisely detailed the patient’s intra-abdominal situation—from its healthy state to the moment of dislocation, including the process, cause, consequences, the method of repositioning, the target location, and which tissue structures required attention. He laid it all out with perfect clarity.
His explanation was so logical and well-founded that Director Shao nodded repeatedly. He finally understood how Wu Ting had managed to perform the manual repositioning with such precision.
’This was no longer just a blind, non-visual manual repositioning. He has reached a higher plane of skill, using his "Heart Eye" to guide the heart precisely back to where it belongs!’
As for Wu Ting’s blind pericardiocentesis technique, Director Shao had already witnessed it firsthand.
Now, Wu Ting’s repair of the liver rupture was also nearing completion.
Director Shao couldn’t help but remark with a sigh:
"Director Huo, Director Lin, it seems that even if we had joined forces on this rescue surgery, we couldn’t have achieved a better outcome than Director Wu."
"Director Wu is truly the most gifted person I’ve ever seen when it comes to clinical surgery!"
"Before this, my team and I were trying to feed him as many surgical cases as possible, hoping he could quickly reach a level sufficient to enter this year’s National Cardiothoracic Surgery Skills Competition. I was worried and didn’t have high hopes, but at this moment, I’m certain. Director Wu is sure to be a dark horse in this year’s competition!"
"With his rate of growth, his ability to learn, and his innate talent for research and clinical thinking, he might actually make it to the final stage of the international competition for the Asia-Pacific Region!"
Listening to Director Shao, Huo Yun and Lin Hu were both shaken to the core.
’The National Skills Competition... representing the Jin Country in the Asia-Pacific international competition!’
’These were glorious achievements they never even dared to imagine.’
’And Director Shao held Wu Ting in such high esteem.’
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While the surgery was underway in the resuscitation room.
In the emergency department of City First Hospital, the student who had been rescued, her parents, and many other parents and students had all rushed over.
The rescued girl was praying for the man who saved her, her eyes brimming with tears.
The little girl looked at Nurse Xiao. "Nurse, the doctors will be able to save that kind man, right?"
The parents were all moved by Chen Yuhui’s selfless act. Recalling the sight of him having lost control of his bodily functions, they all felt a pang of heartache.
The parents had already decided that they would collect donations for Chen Yuhui afterward to show their appreciation.