Check-in at the Hospital: The First Surgery Shocked the Nation!

Bzzzz~

A piercing sound of the bone being grinded open echoed, with visible bone fragments dripping with saline.

The operation by Qin Feng made the two intern doctors nearby feel a bit freaked out.

Especially Qin Siyu, she couldn’t help but blink her eyes nervously as this was her first time observing a live craniotomy at such a close distance.

The sound alone made her bones itch~~~

"Bone flap 1cm from the sagittal sinus, electric coagulation knife."

Soon, the skull was cut open.

Qin Feng’s hand steadily stopped, turned off the electric bone saw, and reached out to receive the electric knife.

In the observation room,

"Old Xiao, what do you think?"

Meng Dawei looked at the neurosurgery Deputy Director Xiao beside him, asking with interest.

"His technique is indeed exceptional, and his grasp of precision is also impressive, a real talent!"

After a brief silence, Xiao Jian slightly nodded, with his expression turning somewhat solemn,

"But judging from the patient’s condition and the surgery, even I don’t have much confidence.

After all, the child has exceeded the optimal age for recovery, making postoperative recovery quite challenging.

I heard that Professor Yuan has taken a liking to Qin Feng?"

At this point, Xiao Jian cast a curious glance at him.

"Yes, on Qin Feng’s first day at the medical college, the old master met him, and then took him on as a student."

Meng Dawei nodded, speaking truthfully.

This matter was not something to hide, as everyone was part of Beijing’s medical community.

Besides, with Yuan Rushan’s status, the matter of recruiting a student would be impossible to hide.

"What? Is Director Xiao interested in my junior apprentice?"

As soon as the words were out, Cheng Hongjuan, the director of the hepatobiliary department sitting nearby, immediately chuckled and took over the conversation,

"I’m telling you, Old Xiao, Teacher Yuan is now focusing on him, so don’t think of anything untoward!"

"I was just asking, I’d need the guts to touch Professor Yuan’s student, hahaha~"

Xiao Jian chuckled lightly.

Making a move?

Nonsense!

Of course, he was intrigued!

Putting aside the upcoming surgery, such exquisite craniotomy techniques in the whole neurosurgery field have no attending doctor matchable!

What overseas elites, PhD from prestigious schools, under such sheer strength crushing, were not even worth boasting about.

"The common man sees a full peacock, the skilled glimpse a leopard."

This technique alone shows that Qin Feng is truly exceptional!

’Missed it, damn it!’

For some reason, a sour feeling arose in Xiao Jian’s heart.

Being Professor Yuan’s disciple + critical care attending physician, such an identity in Beijing’s medical community stands among the top of the young talent.

This critical care field is truly a pack of dogs, how did they get all the geniuses?

Where do they get their intel?

Inside the operating room,

"Knife."

After opening the skull, Qin Feng followed the surgical position to detach the dura mater and flip it to the sagittal sinus side.

"Needle with thread, size 4."

Then, holding the needle holder, he passed through the dura mater at the edge of the skull, suspending it with sutures to successfully open the ventricle.

"Phew~"

Seeing this, Yan Yu on the assisting position couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief.

Qin Feng glanced sideways, showing a hint of a smile at the two,

"What? Feeling nervous?"

"A bit."

Yan Yu answered somewhat awkwardly, while Qin Siyu nodded repeatedly.

"No worries, it’s like this at the beginning, watch and learn more, then you won’t make mistakes when you’re on stage.

When a patient chooses to entrust their life to you, you have to be able to take it, understand?"

Qin Feng encouraged, raising his hand,

"Puncture needle."

Upon hearing his words, the two exchanged a glance, as if infused with an inexplicable strength.

The tension and fear were instantly dispelled!

The next moment, Qin Feng slowly lowered the puncture needle, inserting it into the ventricle.

Transparent cerebrospinal fluid flowed out through the opening, and the arachnoid membrane quickly collapsed.

The lateral fissure soon appeared in view, with the arachnoid membrane covering it being torn open, pulling aside the frontal and temporal lobes.

Now, the boy’s affected brain area was basically exposed to view.

What’s next is the main event!

Sever nerves and blood vessels, and remove the left hemisphere of the brain!

And what happened next stunned everyone, as Qin Feng stretched out a finger, gently nudging along the edge of the brain, slowly probing inward.

"Damn! What’s he doing?"

"What’s Qin Feng trying to do? This is too risky!"

"Wow, probing with bare hands, this is outrageous~~~"

...

This maneuver once again stirred a collective climax in the observation room, with people exclaiming uncontrollably.

This guy, so bold?

You know, this is in the patient’s brain!

A slight deviation could easily cause rupturing damage to cerebral blood vessels or nerves, with unimaginable consequences.

Clatter~

Xiao Jian directly stood up, eyes wide open, staring fixedly at Qin Feng’s operation on the screen, his palms subconsciously clenched.

But he didn’t speak, furrowing his brows deeply, his eyes full of shock.

Because such an operation appeared in his memory as well!

It was more than 20 years ago when Xiao Jian, a resident doctor in neurosurgery, followed his mentor to the Northwest Mountain Area for disaster relief.

Due to insufficient medical technology back then, plus adverse local conditions, having a sterile environment for their surgery was already a blessing.

In such circumstances, Xiao Jian watched his teacher close his eyes slowly, inserting two fingers along the neurosurgical path to actually separate the patient’s internal carotid artery and bifurcation bare-handed.

This maneuver was considered an ultimate daring operation in neurosurgery, something Xiao Jian never forgot in his life.

But for all these years in medicine, even though he had become a renowned neurosurgery expert, he never dared attempt such a maneuver in surgery, nor had he seen it again.

The reason was simple, his mentor mastered a unique finger skill.

Absolute tactile sensation!

Even through gloves, they could distinctly receive the force feedback from touching nerves and blood vessels, not even the flow of blood could escape, extremely precise.

Of course, it was also a painful process; Xiao Jian had seen his teacher many times grind away the keratin layer from his fingertips, until fingerprints were invisible, leaving only a thin layer on the muscles.

Every week, fingers had to be soaked multiple times in specially formulated herbal solutions to enhance sensitivity.

But unexpectedly,

Today, such ultimate maneuver was seen again, and on a young person at that.

This truly left him unable to hold back!

"Separation forceps."

After finishing the artery bifurcation separation, Qin Feng began operating on the artery,

"Control the blood supply, monitor vital signs, prepare to block the artery."

As soon as the words were spoken, the originally noisy observation room instantly quieted down.

Yan Yu and Qin Siyu on the platform also held their breath, ready to begin the excision!

"Silver clip."

Successful separation of the cerebral artery, closes off the distal branch of the central artery with double clamps, completed with surgical knife separation.

Then, clamping and separating the distal ends of the anterior cerebral artery and the communicating artery once again.

Beep~Beep~Beep~

Just then, the monitor alarm sounded, Qin Feng immediately stopped and said solemnly,

"Report the indicators."

"Blood supply restored, blood pressure 120/80, blood oxygen 97%."

Soon, all the physiological indicators, upon dropping, were swiftly brought under control.

"Good, bipolar electrocautery!"

The surgery continued, as if everything was so calm and ordinary.

But outside the observation room, people were shocked!

Xiao Jian watched the rapidly recovering physiological indicators, secretly amazed and tongue-tied.

In the high-difficulty surgery of brain hemisphere removal, reducing the blood supply to the excision side of the brain has always been a tricky topic in neurosurgery, including ongoing research for better methods.

Currently, it can only be controlled by the surgeon’s on-site response to arterial separation, requiring sufficient experience and exceptional psychological resilience.

In the entire neurosurgery department, only he and the Director can achieve this.

But now, Qin Feng has managed to perfectly and cleverly navigate this challenge with extremely precise techniques and on-the-spot control.

That effortless confidence and control made Xiao Jian’s mouth turn bitter.

This guy is practically a once-in-a-century neurosurgical genius!

He turned his head, looking at the equally delighted Meng Dawei, sighing inwardly.

Indeed, only a genius recognizes a genius.

That old devil!

"Watch carefully, the key part is coming up."

Qin Feng glanced at Yan Yu and Qin Siyu and whispered.

The two immediately nodded, expressions solemn, staring intently.

After all, Director Meng asked him to bring these two newcomers on stage, not expecting them to help much, but importantly to learn.

Buzz~Buzz~Buzz~

Then, he flattened the surface of the cerebral cortex, inserted the bipolar electrocautery into the draining vein on one side of the sagittal sinus, and cut off.

Raised the posterior part of the temporal lobe, severed the draining veins on the occipital lobe.

Opened the arachnoid, disconnected the communicating artery from the branches of the posterior cerebral artery.

"Scalpel!"

...

minutes...

minutes...

minutes...

Time passed minute by minute, everyone remained motionless, fully focused on Qin Feng’s operation.

Every severance and incision was so precise, as if a masterful craft was being engraved.

Especially Xiao Jian outside the room, he didn’t even blink, the corners of his mouth gradually curled upwards.

With the surgical knife gliding along, Qin Feng directly cut along the edge of the hippocampus.

He checked, the speed of the current lesion in the young boy hasn’t touched the hippocampus, so he decided to retain it.

If the hippocampus had to be removed, one aspect is that it’s too risky; it’s considered a forbidden zone for surgery in neurosurgery.

Additionally, it would not be conducive for post-operative recovery and may affect brain nerves.

"Whew~"

Inside the observation room, seeing this, Xiao Jian exhaled heavily.

Staring intensely at the rapidly working Qin Feng, he then chuckled inexplicably.

Got up and walked towards the door, leaving.

At this stage of the surgery, there was no more significance in his presence.

minutes later...

"Come."

Qin Feng put down the scalpel, gently inserted both hands and then carefully removed the excised hemispheric lesion, placing it onto the tray.

Looking at the brain piece, Yan Yu and Qin Siyu’s eyes were filled with wonder.

Turns out surgery could reach such a level!

Yan Yu couldn’t help but shake his head in disbelief, while Qin Siyu’s gaze lingered on Qin Feng, her eyes sparkling with little stars.

The senior was so handsome!

Especially when performing surgery, indeed a focused man is the most handsome!

Ah~ What to do?

Seems like I’ve got a crush...

"Electrocautery knife."

Qin Feng was too busy to pay attention to a young girl’s romantic fantasies, continuing to excise the remaining choroid plexus of the lateral ventricle.

By now, the surgery was already declared a success.

All that’s left was the filling and suturing.

"No.4 suture."

Snap~

"Drainage tube!"

Snap~

"Skull pin!"

Snap~

With the suture needle completing the dura mater closure, placing the drainage tube, resetting the skull flap, and fixing with steel pins.

Placing the catheter outside the dura mater for negative pressure drainage.

Clatter~

The needle holder fell on the tray, surgery over!

"Alright, send to the EICU."

Qin Feng also breathed a sigh of relief, casually said, glancing at the time on the wall.

Surgery time: 150 minutes!

He removed gloves and sterile gown, leaving the operation room.

The two rookies, Yan Yu and Qin Siyu followed behind, entering the washroom for cleaning and disinfection.

At the moment,

Inside the observation room, numerous doctors were still visibly shocked.

This legendary Qin Feng was ridiculously strong!

Not to mention the attending physicians, even several directors and Vice Director Yuan Bin were at a loss for words.

"That Qin Feng, quite impressive!"

Finally, Vice Director Yuan couldn’t help but say something very down-to-earth.

Next to him Meng Dawei heard this, his mouth couldn’t stay shut.

This guy, who knew he’d cause such a stir with his first surgery in critical care!

Watching the attending physicians from various departments behind him looking stupefied, he shook his head helplessly.

Now, within half an hour, it’s likely the entire Peking Union Medical College Hospital will hear about it.

A surgery that thoroughly established authority!

(I’m back, after disappearing for over ten days, mostly due to personal reasons. This time I’ll update normally until the completion.

Readers can now follow the updates regularly!)