75: There is only a thin line between heaven and hell!
Chapter 075: Heaven and Hell are only a hair's breadth apart!
All the medical staff, who were about to celebrate, suddenly fell into an eerie silence.
Any medical instrument or material left inside a patient is a huge deal.
They hadn't witnessed a surgery that would change the history of medicine, and now they were about to become witnesses to a major medical accident.
Heaven and hell are only a hair's breadth apart… “I clearly checked, including the blood-absorbing gauze, and not even a single suture thread was missing…”
The Nurse in charge of checking the instruments and materials responded, trembling.
She felt like dying at that moment; if the circulating Nurse found out, being fired would be the least of her worries.
“What are you still standing there for?”
“Since Surgeon Lin has given the order, quickly recheck everything!”
When it comes to losing things in the operating room, it's better to wrongly accuse a thousand than let one go.
Zhong Xibei knew the seriousness of the matter. While ordering everyone to recheck, he also started helping out… Lin Yi, on the other hand, remained motionless, scanning the injured person's body with wide eyes.
He hoped the system could provide some clearer hints.
However, as time ticked by, Lin Yi's eyes grew sore, but the system remained silent… “Instruments checked, no discrepancies…”
“Gauze checked, no discrepancies…”
“Sterile drapes checked, no discrepancies, and no missing items…”
As reports came in one after another.
No matter how carefully everyone checked, no missing items were found.
“Lin Yi, are you overly nervous?”
“All the injured person's vital signs are very normal, and there are no missing instruments or materials.”
“This surgery is as perfect as it can get!”
After reconfirming that there were no missing surgical instruments, Director Zhong completely relaxed.
He didn't blame Lin Yi for making everyone go through the trouble again.
After all, this was the first surgery this kid personally performed as a Surgeon after joining the Emergency Department.
Being cautious to prevent errors was completely understandable… Director Zhong could still recall how, when he first started his career, his legs went soft for half a day after his first surgery as a Surgeon.
Lin Yi's debut performance, to have achieved this level, had already surpassed 99% of Surgeons.
What's more!
This was a historically significant surgery that would shock the entire medical community's understanding.
A Surgeon starting their career with such a surgery would have bragging rights for a lifetime… [Hint: Limb Replantation was successful. The patient's leg survival rate is 65%.]
Just as Lin Yi also thought he might be overly nervous, the system's prompt sounded again in his mind.
Terrifyingly, the patient's leg survival rate had inexplicably dropped by another 10 percentage points.
“It can now be confirmed that the Limb Replantation itself should not have any problems.”
“But the patient's leg survival rate keeps dropping. Could there be an unknown underlying illness in the patient's legs?”
“Otherwise, such conflicting possibilities wouldn't arise…”
Lin Yi rapidly considered all possibilities, his head buzzing as if it would split open.
This was the first time he had encountered such a bizarre situation since activating the system.
If the true cause of the illness couldn't be found in the shortest possible time.
No matter how well the Limb Replantation was performed, it wouldn't change the outcome of failing to save the injured person's legs.
Having boasted to the heavens, Lin Yi couldn't bear such a result… “No! Completely wrong!”
“The injured person's current condition is very dangerous, and the surgery cannot be declared over yet.”
Lin Yi remained stubborn, showing no signs of relaxing.
“Director Zhong, Teacher Lu.”
“Please check the patient's legs with me again.”
“Please check carefully, don't miss any slight abnormality. I suspect there are unknown underlying illnesses in the injured person's legs.”
Although the system didn't explicitly state the reason, the emphasis of the hint was still on the patient's legs.
Lin Yi could only hope that with more people, more strength, they could quickly find the specific cause with the help of Lu Chenxi and the others… “Alright.”
After Lu Chenxi and the other person agreed.
Without further ado, they immediately delved into a more detailed examination.
Lin Yi had already thoroughly convinced these two with his true skill… “Lin Yi, look here…”
Lu Chenxi pointed to a tiny wound, only about two millimeters in size, in the center of the injured person's right popliteal fossa, saying uncertainly.
Under normal circumstances, with such a small wound, no doctor would associate it with anything bad happening.
But judging from the healing of the skin at the wound, it should be a new wound caused today.
Given Lin Yi's serious concern, Lu Chenxi had to ask him to rule it out… [Hint: A 1-millimeter diameter glass shard is embedded in the patient's blood vessel wall. In 15 minutes, it could enter the bloodstream at any time.]
The reappearance of the system's prompt immediately confirmed it for Lin Yi.
The culprit that had been unclear all this time was this tiny glass shard.
As the system's prompt stated, once the glass shard pierced the blood vessel wall and truly entered the injured person's blood vessels.
When it traveled to the recently sutured area of the legs, it was highly likely to cause a thrombus, leading to narrowing of the blood vessel lumen, which would then cause venous hypertension, leading to local swelling, pain, and inflammation… Ultimately leading to the failure of the Limb Replantation and the injured person having to endure the pain of amputation again.
“It's here. Thank you, Teacher Lu.”
Lin Yi sincerely thanked Lu Chenxi, then immediately continued.
“Teacher Lu, please disinfect this area immediately. I will prepare for the surgery.”
There were no other possible lesions. Taking out the glass shard within 15 minutes would definitely be enough time.
But to be safe, Lin Yi still hoped for it to be as quick as possible.
“Why another surgery?!”
“Is there a problem here?”
Director Zhong asked curiously.
No matter how he looked, he couldn't see anything wrong with the injured person's popliteal fossa.
After such a major accident, wasn't it normal for the injured person's leg to have a few scrapes?
“Uh…” Lin Yi stared at Lu Chenxi's movements, feigning deep thought.
It wasn't that he didn't want to explain to Director Zhong.
It was that he didn't know how to explain it to him.
Knowing there was a glass shard stuck in the blood vessel wall just from a small wound—even his Teacher Professor Cao Yanuuo couldn't take the blame for that!
Fortunately, Lu Chenxi's disinfection speed was very quick, saving Lin Yi from having to rack his brains for a plausible excuse.
“Scalpel… Electrocautery… Forceps… Tray…”
Under Lin Yi's textbook-level Perfect Level Suturing Technique.
“Clink!” A blood-stained glass shard separated from the blood vessel wall and fell into the tray.
“There really was something…” Before everyone could be shocked.
Lin Yi performed another dazzling series of operations, and the injured person's popliteal fossa was restored to its original state.
Without a close look, one wouldn't even notice that an open surgery had just been performed here… [Ding: Host has completed 56 wound sutures. All types of Suturing Technique experience increased by 56%. 18% more experience is needed to upgrade to Perfect Level Suturing Technique.]
[Ding: Host has completed 56 sutures, rewarding 5600 yuan.]
[Ding: Congratulations to the Host for completing the first Surgeon, rewarding the Host with 10 agility points and 1 Master-level blind box.]
[Ding: …]
The continuous system rewards appearing in his mind.
Also made Lin Yi thoroughly confident that there were no more problems with this Limb Replantation… Now, he just wanted to get off work and go home immediately.
The Elite blind boxes opened the previous two times had endowed him with the astonishing Barehand Hemostasis and Limb Replantation.
The first Master-level blind box appearing was a whole level higher than the Elite blind box.
Lin Yi was very much looking forward to what even greater surprise this time would bring…