Masterful Miracle Doctor

Chapter 998 - 962: The Four Handsome Men

The difficulty of Elenna's surgery mainly involves three aspects.First is the surgical posture in the supine position, which causes restrictions.

This position requires the patient to undergo a thoracotomy, severely interfering with the organs and causing the surgical window to be particularly narrow, limiting the space for maneuvering surgical instruments substantially.

Second is the intricate and complicated entanglement between the tumor and the neural fiber bundles within the spinal canal.

To avoid damaging the neural fiber bundles, the skill required for tumor excision is exceptionally high.

Third is the gradual or sudden positional changes of the tumor.

The gray matter of the spinal cord within the spinal canal is extremely soft.

As the tumor is gradually excised, the space created is slowly occupied by the spinal cord gray matter, causing the tumor to undergo shape changes.

As the surgery progresses, the changes in tumor shape become increasingly obvious.

The initially taken tumor images not only fail to provide guidance but are prone to causing misdirection.

Under such circumstances, pausing the surgery at any moment to spend half an hour on an MRI scan for the patient's tumor is unrealistic.

Such an operation would greatly extend the surgery time, and any movement of the patient's body could easily cause further changes to the tumor.

The lead surgeon can only rely on strong memory and deductive abilities to accurately predict the surgical course based on the relative position of the tumor and each neural fiber bundle, to avoid mistakenly cutting the neural fiber bundles or injuring the gray matter of the spinal cord.

On the east wall of the operating room, there hangs an LCD screen.

The screen displays the real-time footage of Lin Jie performing surgery in the microscopic surgical view.

Watching another segment of the tumor being skillfully excised from a nerve bundle, Goebbels slightly furrows his brow and cannot help but say softly, "If I were the lead surgeon, I would opt to cut this nerve bundle."

"Dr. Lin refuses to give up even the slightest bit, but this will significantly increase the difficulty later on."

Beside him, Jiang Hao turns to look at Lin Jie, who is performing the surgery steadily, and lowers his voice to say, "This is because Expert Lin has guaranteed confidence and assurance to preserve this nerve bundle."

Goebbels also turns his gaze to Lin Jie, worriedly saying, "As the surgery progresses, the demands on memory and calculation will also increase, and even though Expert Lin has extraordinary photographic memory abilities, there's bound to be times of oversight."

"Especially nearing the latter part of the surgery, if the brain becomes excessively fatigued—a miscalculation might occur."

"This..."

Jiang Hao has an inexplicable strong confidence in Lin Jie and says, "Dr. Goebbels, this is something there's absolutely no need to worry about. Expert Lin not only possesses great endurance and stamina but also astounding self-control."

"I've studied more than one of Expert Lin's surgical videos and found that in the early, middle, and late stages of surgery, Expert Lin's surgical movements essentially remain unchanged, consistently maintaining the same frequency and precision."

"Neurosurgical experts in the world who can achieve this are indeed few."

Recalling this, Goebbels, somewhat amazed, agrees, "As you remind me, I recall Expert Lin's handling of the final stage of cranial vascular separation in conjoined twin separation surgery was also quite perfect."

"And that was him after performing surgery for ten hours."

"This self-control is truly astonishing."

Even praising Lin Jie, Goebbels still cannot quell his worries, saying, "Dr. Jiang, that case didn't require the brain to maintain high-speed operation as it does now, especially in the later stages, which is akin to overclocking."

"When that time comes, can Dr. Lin persist?"

Goebbels returns his attention to the live surgery video, admiringly saying, "No matter what, Dr. Lin's capabilities have far exceeded mine."

"Dr. Jiang, I am already experiencing confusion and uncertainty with memory regarding the tumor and nerve bundles."

"The surgery has only gone on for over three hours, with six to seven more hours to go before it ends."

Jiang Hao spreads his hands, candidly saying, "Dr. Goebbels, I'm even worse off than you."

"My memory and calculation became confused half an hour ago, and now it's just a jumble."

"Yet, I firmly believe Expert Lin will carry on as always and see it through to the end."

Four hours later, Lin Jie paused the surgery for the first time.

He was fed a few pieces of chocolate, took a few sips of water, and inhaled oxygen for about one minute.

After resting for ten minutes, Lin Jie, as if recharged, picked up the microsurgical scalpel again.

This time, Lin Jie persisted for two hours.

Eating chocolate, drinking water, and inhaling oxygen for two minutes, Lin Jie, once again recharged, persisted for another hour.

Half an hour!

Twenty minutes!

Fifteen minutes!

With each recharge, Lin Jie's oxygen inhalation time grew longer, but the persistency time grew shorter.

Goebbels, however, astoundedly discovered that Lin Jie's surgical movements were as sharp, agile, and accurate as they were initially, with no margin of error...

In a hazy state, Lin Jie suddenly felt his nose itch a bit and couldn't resist rubbing it.

But as soon as he lowered his hand, his nose itched again!

Hmm, what's up with my nose?

Shouldn't I be performing surgery in the operating room now?

Suddenly realizing this, Lin Jie felt a chill run through his heart. Instantly, he opened his eyes and sat up sharply.

A dark figure before him was caught off guard, and Lin Jie's forehead bumped into it with a thud.

A familiar cry of "Ouch" rang in Lin Jie's ears.

Lin Jie rubbed his somewhat sore forehead and glanced around.

Where is this?

The scene before him was very familiar: light-colored walls, white sheets, the faint smell of disinfectant—this was a hospital ward, and a luxurious one at that. He was still wearing hospital garb.

At this moment, he remembered what had happened before.

Elenna's surgery had been completed.

This relaxed his mood, and he looked at An Kexin holding her chin, gazing at him with a wronged expression.

Lin Jie smiled apologetically and shirked responsibility by saying, "Kexin, you can't blame me for this. How was I supposed to know that your hair would tickle me awake? If you'd woken me up normally, this wouldn't have happened."

"Am I really sleeping in a luxurious ward? What's the time now?"

An Kexin rubbed her chin and scolded, "It's four in the afternoon, you've been sleeping for eight hours."

"You fainted with exhaustion right after coming out of the operating room."

"A room was available in the luxury ward area, so you've been resting here while we monitor your condition."

She then spoke with a face full of concern, "I was worried you'd be very hungry and that we have to prepare to attend the medal ceremony at the German Consulate, so I woke you up."

"And then you hit me, it really hurt."

Lin Jie immediately threw himself into grievances, shouting, "Kexin, words can't be thrown around lightly! This was only an accident, I didn't hit you, I wouldn't bear to hit you."

"I believe you hit me, what can you do about it?"

An Kexin finally displayed the overbearing unreasonable side of the big Miss.

Lin Jie didn't argue with her and admitted defeat, "Alright, alright! It's my fault, I was careless, I'll let you hit me back, okay?"

"By the way, how is Elenna's post-op condition?"

"No fun at all!"

An Kexin muttered softly, then carefully answered, "Elenna woke up three hours after the surgery."

"Fang Huanru performed the post-op checkup on her."

"Except for being weak, her condition is fine, and the fetus is also alright, so don't worry."

At this moment, Lin Jie's stomach growled, and following the aroma, he saw a few thermal containers placed on the table in the reception area of the ward.

He got off the bed and felt a strong urge to relieve himself...

A dozen or so minutes later, after resolving the issue, Lin Jie quickly took a hot shower, eating while listening to An Kexin chatter.

"The head of Tiande Research Institute specially came to us, saying they deeply regret breaking the contract with us, admitting they were wrong. Now they're willing to lower the conditions and continue collaborating with us. It's hilarious."

"Tomorrow, dad will go to Putuo Mountain with Kemeng to pray and fulfill a vow. I've already told dad, to get you a safety blessing."

"Also get one for Miaomiao!" Lin Jie interjected.

"Got it, and also for Sister Xiaoxiao and Nannan."

"Tomorrow we will hold an on-site recruitment fair at Binhai Medical School. I've gathered the four top guys from Anlin Hospital for it. But that Zhou Ziyan said he can't make it, he's got no time?"

Lin Jie took a large gulp of beef broth and explained, "Zhou Ziyan is busy with a key research project, time is tight, find a substitute."

An Kexin helplessly said, "Alright then!"

"What a pity, those four are incredibly handsome, with great physiques as well, complementing each other beautifully."

"But a substitute obviously downgrades the level, feels like filling in with a mediocre one."

Lin Jie scoffed, saying, "Kexin, you need to be clear; you're hiring capable, efficient nurses, not those who fall in love at first sight."

An Kexin shot Lin Jie a glance, snorting, "No need for your lecture, of course I understand that."

"The four top guys are just a gimmick to attract more attention from young nurses."

"The interviewers are all seasoned veterans who have worked for a decade or two, like Lin Ruoyi. They naturally know what kind of people to hire."

An Kexin then said with interest, "Ah Jie, I'm thinking of making these four guys the hospital's business card. If they are promising, give them some appropriate care."

Lin Jie just snorted without giving a clear response.

At that moment, the door was pushed open, Lin Miao and An Kemeng came in, each dragging a suitcase.

"Brother, Sister Kexin, we've brought the gowns for tonight's ceremony."

At the Friendship Medal Ceremony held at the German Consulate, Lin Jie was specifically informed he could bring family and friends as guests.

Lin Jie naturally brought Lin Miao and An Kexin, and also invited An Weize and An Kemeng.

As for Zhang Xiaoxiao, she had to accompany Yao Henan, so couldn't make it.

Lin Miao urged with excitement, "Brother, hurry up and eat. We need to try on the gowns and do the makeup, time is really tight now."