123: Chapter 123 Lu Chen can also perform vascular anastomosis?

"How did you achieve this level of alignment precision?" Zhao Yaqin couldn't help but ask.

Lu Chen didn't even look up.

"Feel."

Just two words.

Zhao Yaqin fell silent.

The muscle layer Suturing was complete.

Next was the fascia layer.

Then the subcutaneous tissue.

Finally, the skin.

For the outermost skin Suturing, Lu Chen used the same Subcuticular Continuous Suturing method he had used for Gu Xueqing's cosmetic Suturing.

But the effect was completely different from that time.

That time was perfect level.

This time was God Level.

Every stitch of the 5-0 absorbable cosmetic suture passing through the dermis had spacing precise to the level of a strand of hair.

The flatness of the tissue alignment was no longer at a level achievable by normal human operation.

The final stitch was finished, knotted, and the thread cut.

Lu Chen put down the needle holder.

The entire surgery, counting from the Cardiopulmonary resuscitation to the final stitch of Suturing, took a total of forty-eight minutes.

Among those, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and Defibrillation took four minutes, Debridement eight minutes, Vascular Anastomosis seventeen minutes, and multi-layer Suturing nineteen minutes.

Zhao Ming, at the anesthesia position, watched Lu Chen stand up and take off his gloves, his gaze extremely complex.

"Dr. Lu, to be honest, I have nothing to critique about this surgery because I can't find any area that could be improved."

Lu Chen didn't respond.

Zhao Yaqin walked around the operating table to Lu Chen's side and looked down at the completed wound.

The fifteen-centimeter-long wound had all multi-layer Suturing completed.

The sutures on the skin surface were almost invisible, and the edges of the wound were aligned extremely flatly.

"Lu Chen, your Suturing has changed again," Zhao Yaqin's voice was very soft.

"Mm."

"It's changed a lot."

"Mm."

Zhao Yaqin looked up at Lu Chen.

"Your level is no longer something I can evaluate."

Lu Chen said nothing and began writing the operative report.

Shen Xiaoning stood by the instrument table, hands clutching the instrument tray, remaining silent.

She had just watched the entire surgery from start to finish.

From cardiac arrest to Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, from Vascular Anastomosis to the final Suturing.

She wasn't a doctor, but she could tell that Lu Chen's appearance on the operating table was completely different from his usual self.

Usually, Lu Chen was gentle and low-profile, occasionally bickering with her.

On the operating table, Lu Chen was calm, decisive, and unquestionable.

Every instruction was a command, and every movement was so precise it was breathtaking.

She looked at the back of Lu Chen as he wrote the operative report, her eyes shining.

The patient was wheeled out of the Operating Room and transferred to the ICU for close observation.

Preliminary post-operative assessment showed that the blood supply to the distal end of the upper right limb had recovered well, the fingertips were normal in color and warming up, and the radial artery pulse was palpable.

All indicators were improving.

Zhao Yaqin went to report the surgical situation to Director Li Sen.

Lu Chen returned to the Duty Room and sat down.

His body was somewhat fatigued, but his energy recovered much faster than before; the effect of the genetic enhancement serum was very obvious.

He closed his eyes and opened the system.

[Emergency Surgery Settlement in Progress]

[Event: Factory Cutting Machine Mangle Injury First Aid (S-rank Critical)]

[Operation 1: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (Master Level), first time used in actual combat]

[Operation Evaluation: S-rank]

[Operation 2: Vascular Anastomosis (perfect level), first time used in actual combat]

[Operation Evaluation: SS-rank (Zero leakage in brachial artery End-to-end anastomosis, perfect radial artery side-wall repair, 100% vascular patency rate)]

[Operation 3: Suturing (God Level), first time God Level used in actual combat]

[Operation Evaluation: SSS-rank (Multi-layer tissue Suturing precision reaches human limits, tissue alignment error approaches zero)]

[Leapfrog Challenge Determination: Valid]

[First time using Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in actual combat, extra experience bonus: 200%]

[First time using Vascular Anastomosis in actual combat, extra experience bonus: 200%]

[First time using God Level skill in actual combat, triggered hidden bonus: extra experience bonus 300%]

[Comprehensive experience reward multiplier for this session: 20x]

Seeing that 20x figure, Lu Chen was rarely stunned for a moment.

This was the highest experience multiplier he had received since obtaining the system.

[Skill Experience Points Change]

[Suturing (God Level)]

[Vascular Anastomosis (perfect level): Progress 0/100 → 19/100]

[Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (Master Level): Progress 0/100 → 16/100]

[Basic Surgical Operations (Master Level): Progress 71/100 → 73/100]

[Comprehensive Trauma First Aid (perfect level): Progress 28/100 → 32/100]

[Obtained gratitude points: +354 points]

All new skills had made their debut in actual combat.

Progress was increasing rapidly.

Lu Chen closed the settlement interface.

His phone vibrated.

A message from Shen Xiaoning.

[Shen Xiaoning: Dr. Lu, are you okay? That surgery just now was so tense.]

[Lu Chen: I'm fine, how about you?]

[Shen Xiaoning: My hands are still shaking.]

[Lu Chen: It's a normal reaction to experience cardiac arrest on the operating table for the first time. You'll get used to it after a few more times.]

It was quiet on the other end for a few seconds.

[Shen Xiaoning: Dr. Lu, you were really amazing on the operating table today.]

[Lu Chen: It's my job.]

[Shen Xiaoning: I know, but I still want to tell you, you're really amazing.]

Lu Chen looked at the message but didn't reply.

He put down his phone, picked up the textbook by his bedside, and continued reading.

After a while, the phone vibrated again.

[Shen Xiaoning: What do you want to eat tomorrow?]

[Lu Chen: Whatever.]

[Shen Xiaoning: Then I'll try making Cola Chicken Wings!]

[Lu Chen: Just do what's within your capability.]

[Shen Xiaoning: There you go again!!!]

...

In the evening, Director Li Sen finished listening to Zhao Yaqin's report in his office.

He was silent for a long time.

"He can do Vascular Anastomosis too?"

"It's not just that he can do it; he does it exceptionally well," Zhao Yaqin's tone was very serious. "Director Li, I saw it clearly from the side. His brachial artery End-to-end anastomosis had uniform stitch spacing and consistent margins. Not a single drop of blood leaked after the clamps were released. This level, if placed in vascular surgery, would be at least at the associate director level."

Director Li Sen took off his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"What about the Suturing?"

"The Suturing is even more exaggerated." Zhao Yaqin paused here. "I don't know how to describe it. His recent Suturing technique has improved by another level compared to before—a huge level. That precision of tissue alignment... in my ten-plus years of practicing medicine, I've never seen it."

Director Li Sen put his glasses back on.

"You mean his current Suturing level is already beyond your range of evaluation?"

Zhao Yaqin nodded.

"It is."

Director Li Sen leaned back in his chair and looked at the ceiling.

It was quiet for about ten seconds.

"I need to find someone to come and take a look."

Zhao Yaqin looked at him.

"Find who?"

"Director Xu Minhua."

Zhao Yaqin's expression changed noticeably.

"Director Xu from the Department of Hand Surgery?"

"Yes."

Zhao Yaqin hesitated for a moment.

"Director Li, you know Director Xu's temper. She has always been strict with young doctors."

"And Lu Chen's reputation has spread far and wide recently. Someone like Director Xu might come with a fault-finding mindset."

Director Li Sen smiled.

"If his technique can withstand Director Xu Minhua's inspection, then it's truly strong."

"If it can't, then we'll know where his upper limit lies."

"Regardless of the result, it will be good for him."

Zhao Yaqin thought about it and nodded.

"You're right."

"I'll call Director Xu Minhua tomorrow and ask her to come look at that worker's post-operative condition and, while she's at it, evaluate the quality of Lu Chen's surgery."

After Zhao Yaqin walked out of the office, she stood in the hallway for a while.

Director Xu Minhua.

Director of the Department of Hand Surgery at Jiangcheng City Central Hospital, Chief Physician, with thirty years of experience.

In the fields of Microsurgery and hand trauma repair, she is a recognized authority in the province.

Her personality is famously strict, and she never shows mercy to young doctors. In her eyes, doctors who haven't worked in hand surgery for at least ten years aren't even qualified to discuss surgical techniques with her.

Having someone like her evaluate Lu Chen's surgery—to put it nicely, it's a professional quality check; to put it bluntly, she's coming to pick holes.

But Zhao Yaqin thought about it again and felt at ease.

With Lu Chen's current level, he might not necessarily be afraid of her picking holes.