Chapter 2407: The Key Is Who
Unexpectedly, the Second Assistant’s knife skills are quite good.
Student Pan is very impressive, also a top student in the class, thought Xie Wanying.
But in Student Pan’s eyes, his little bit of effort completely relied on Student Xie. Why say this? His ability to clear bleeders well wouldn’t be possible without the Stabilizing Sea Needle of the First Assistant to fully expose the surgical field.
Student Xie is amazing. Everyone looked at her shiny forehead, not a drop of sweat, as if she hadn’t exerted any effort at all.
At this moment, Xie Wanying thought: Thank you, Senior Cao, for the milk, otherwise, she wouldn’t hold out if she got too hungry.
After sufficient hemostasis, finally tools can replace hands. The chest retractor is in place, allowing the First Assistant to take a break. The three young people hurriedly grabbed dry gauze and wiped all around, quickly dealing with the "wiring-like debris" around the bones (such as various ligaments and veins), tying what needs tying and cutting what requires cutting.
The surgery finally entered the second stage.
This explains why cardiac surgeries take so long — they are far more complicated than abdominal surgeries.
After splitting the sternum, the doctors examined the child’s heart and the preliminary condition of the organs around the heart.
The incessant mumbling of Chief Surgeon Tang Seng was heard again: "The thymus is more developed in children. We need to deal with this properly."
If the thymus obstructs, it needs to be removed. Whether to cut it or not, whether it’s obstructing, depends on the First Assistant’s skills. The First Assistant is responsible for pushing aside the thymus and other obstructing "debris".
The curved forceps once again fell into First Assistant Xie’s palm. Xie Wanying felt like Teacher Tan wielding the stick for driving away dogs.
Insert into the gap to push the thymus aside and observe the surrounding tissue, pericardium, and diaphragm. Before doing heart surgery, it is necessary to delineate and clean these areas to fully expose the surgical field. As the Chief Surgeon cut around with the Electrosurgical Unit, the Second Assistant’s suction device continuously aided by sucking, sucking. The First Assistant’s Stabilizing Sea Needle played its role.
While the three young doctors were working hard, they didn’t notice their mentor’s gaze on anyone.
Perhaps at first, the three young people launched a blitzkrieg-style cooperative operation, catching their mentor off guard like everyone else. As the operation proceeded till now, the situation gradually became clear. Cao Zhao’s gaze was fixed on the First Assistant.
For three machines wanting seamless high-speed cooperation, a central role is needed. This central role, apart from being a command center, actually decides speed only in one aspect; it requires a connecting center. Like in logistics, delivering a package from start to end point requires not only choosing a path but relies on the speed of transfer stations connecting the package.
In a team, undoubtedly each team member is important; both the command center and the connecting center are crucial. The discussion point remains, such as in a soccer team: Is it missing skilled midfielders, forwards, or defenders? Similar issues regarding talent shortages in certain areas become prominent.
On the surgical table, you often hear of a famous surgical doctor, but rarely of a surgical team where every member is famous. This indicates that what’s most lacking on the surgical table is the connecting center. Due to the scarcity of this talent, the heavy burden of surgery often ends up on one person’s mind.