My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

Chapter 1272: Chapter 501: Hell-Level Difficulty—How Awesome Is Level 6 Injection Skill

The nearby Director Xue Yan and other medical staff watched anxiously.

At this time, Vice Director Ye did not leave the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department; instead, he was sitting in his office watching ’Brother Wang’s live stream on his phone.

The number of online viewers had already surpassed eighty thousand and was still rising.

The comment section was filled with pessimistic remarks.

Many people were mocking this young chief surgeon from Tuya Hospital, saying he started strong but faltered. The initial puncture and guidewire implantation were extremely impressive. Now, however, he was performing poorly.

"With so many online viewers, if Xiao Zhou can successfully complete this surgery, it would be amazing!"

Vice Director Ye quietly cheered for Zhou Can.

The influence of this live stream had already exceeded imagination.

The industry professionals following this live stream were not only Vice Director Ye; even Dean Zhu from Tuya had quietly entered the live stream room and was following the proceedings.

Needless to say, Vice Director Zhang from the Third Hospital was closely watching the phone screen without blinking.

Seeing Zhou Can attempt to manipulate the guidewire through the occluded blood vessel, all ending in failure, a hint of delight appeared on his face.

The result was developing in the direction he anticipated.

"Even the Japanese experts from our hospital failed, that kid is bound to stumble! However, this kid indeed has some real skills, but it’s a pity we can’t recruit him."

Vice Director Zhang had personally tried to recruit Zhou Can before, and naturally recognized the chief surgeon as Zhou Can at a glance.

Besides several big names from the Third Hospital attentively following this live-stream surgery, many renowned physicians in the field of Cardiothoracic Surgery got the news and flocked into the live stream room to watch the surgical progress.

Everyone wanted to see if this old prestigious hospital, Tuya, had something extraordinary.

Especially those cardiac experts from Imperial Renhe Hospital, they had challenged the failed surgery, and now someone else was challenging it, so naturally, they had to closely monitor the surgical progress.

"It won’t work, the forward passage is completely blocked."

Zhou Can shook his head repeatedly.

His Injection Skill was Level 5, close to Level 6.

The implantation technique was also nearing Level 6.

Both medical skills were at the level of a deputy director. Manipulating the guidewire through an occluded blood vessel from the front should have been doable.

Having tried so many times and failed, it indicated that this method was not viable.

The patient’s right coronary artery was a chronic occlusive vessel, too severely calcified, with branches blocked all over, making it challenging to find a forward passage. With no other choice, he had to find an alternative route.

His mind repeatedly recalled the patient’s coronary angiogram images. With the forward passage blocked, the reverse technique became his sole option.

A new reverse route took shape in his mind.

He tentatively sought a new puncture point; upon successful puncture, he used the guidewire to pass through the collateral vessel from the left coronary to reach the occluded section of the right coronary. However, the collateral vessel was also severely calcified.

The spots in the vessel wall posed great difficulty for the guidewire passage.

Moreover, the collateral vessel was very thin, with a tortuous diameter, putting the surgery back into a challenging situation.

Audience members in the live stream, some professionals, were amazed again when they saw him choosing the reverse route.

Such a thought process could only be conceived by a handful of top cardiovascular experts.

Thinking of it was one thing; achieving it was another.

The experts knew well that the difficulty of operating on a reverse route was at least three to five times higher than the forward route.

The internal environment of this patient’s vessel was harsh, making the operation even more difficult.

After Zhou Can tried the reverse technique multiple times yet failed, Director Xue Yan, standing beside him, sighed quietly. It seemed today’s surgery would likely end in failure.

The intention to seize this opportunity to make Tuya’s Cardiothoracic Surgery renowned again was unlikely to succeed.

Since Director Hu Kan passed away, the Cardiothoracic Surgery experts constantly sought to revive the department’s former glory.

Although Tuya’s Cardiothoracic Surgery currently had a very good business volume, in terms of reputation and medical status of this discipline, it couldn’t compare to the era of Hu Kan.

The previous most stable scalpel was like a mountain in the industry, earning admiration from countless peers.

Zhou Can took a deep breath, trying to bring his inner feelings to a calm state.

Conducting the surgery with a peaceful mind was key to surgical success.

Being overly concerned about gains and losses could form an invisible restraint, limiting performance and preventing exceptional execution.

The reverse technique demanded very high standards from the surgeon, not only requiring abundant clinical experience but also greatly testing the surgeon’s hand feel.

The surgical guidewire was thinner than a strand of hair, and every point of resistance it encountered within the occluded vessel had to be sensed through touch, and passing the guidewire through the tiny collateral vessel also required very high technical skills from the surgeon.

Zhou Can was no stranger to the term ’hand feel.’

Many operations in his surgical expertise relied heavily on the feedback from hand feel.

For example, in Incision Skill, cutting into different tissues or depths yielded varying hand feel feedback. Among them, subtle differences could only be sensed when the technical level reached the corresponding grade.

At this point, the audience members noticed that the chief surgeon of the operation had actually closed his eyes.

"Has he given up?"

"He has surely given up."

"Probably going to announce surgical failure soon!"

"Without the proper skills, don’t take on this task! Embarrassing!"

"Total collapse, haha!"

The audience’s sarcasm and gloating became increasingly unabashed.

Japanese experts from the Third Hospital, along with cardiac specialists from Imperial Renhe Hospital, all wore relieved, knowing smiles.