My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

Chapter 1284: Chapter 506: Old Wounds, The Swift Blade Rules_2

If anything happens, the patient can turn hostile in an instant.

In front of those powerful figures, doctors are actually the weaker side.

Dr. Xu knew that something went wrong, yet he gritted his teeth to finish the surgery and did his utmost to remove the lesion thoroughly for the patient.

This is a doctor’s sense of responsibility and even more, a sign of courage.

Zhou Can’s anastomosis skill has now reached Level 6, and he might have the ability to resolve the medical accident Dr. Xu faced back then.

It’s usually not appropriate to ask Dr. Xu about it directly.

Now that the topic has come up, he seized the opportunity to ask, "Teacher, can you talk about the condition of that patient back then, and the specific location where the cut went wrong?"

Asking about this is equivalent to uncovering Dr. Xu’s scar.

He felt somewhat uneasy.

Dr. Xu is usually an extremely serious person, almost never smiling.

Zhou Can was quite worried that he would suddenly get upset and scold him harshly.

"Why are you asking about this?"

Dr. Xu stared at him, his gaze somewhat unsettling, but there was no sign of anger.

"I... I’m just curious." Zhou Can initially wanted to be honest, to tell Dr. Xu that he wanted to help him remove the shackles.

Because he didn’t have any confidence at the moment, he didn’t dare to make any promises prematurely.

He didn’t even dare to speak words that might bring hope to Dr. Xu.

The cruelest thing in the world is to give someone hope, only to snuff it out by your own hand.

Dr. Xu has been bearing the shackles for so many years, surely longing immensely to remove them one day and return to being a normal person.

These years, he has been enduring hardships while continually working to improve his surgical skills and correct any flaws in his techniques.

All in preparation for a potential return someday.

For someone who once stood at the peak and then fell unexpectedly to the depths, they desire to climb back to the top more than anyone else.

Given an opportunity for a comeback, it’s believed that Dr. Xu, after honing his skills for years, would demonstrate even stronger surgical capabilities than before.

"It’s best for you to stay out of this. I’ve said before that the patient’s identity is extremely special. Trying to help me might only end up dragging you into it too, understand?"

Dr. Xu is experienced and can easily see through Zhou Can’s real intentions.

But he didn’t want to drag his apprentice down with him.

"Teacher, I’ve been learning and working alongside you for several years, right? Do you think I handle things steadily?"

"Yes, quite steadily. Especially after learning from Old Hu, you’ve somewhat adopted his style in your work."

Dr. Xu nodded.

By Old Hu, he naturally meant the late Cardiothoracic Surgery Director, Hu Kan.

"Don’t worry, I won’t take risks lightly without any assurance. Regarding that patient’s condition, I believe no one knows it better than you. Even if you tell me, it would be more beneficial than harmful. I could learn from it. Maybe, when my ability improves enough in the future, I might come up with a solution. If you don’t tell me, I’ll definitely seek others to inquire, but what I get might be inaccurate."

Today, Zhou Can seized the opportunity, determined to get the answer.

With his improved skills, he had significantly more confidence to ask about it.

"Alas! It’s all old news. Since you insist on asking, I’ll tell you! But let me warn you first, do not attempt to take any risks."

Dr. Xu sighed, his expression complicated.

He genuinely liked this apprentice from the bottom of his heart.

Aside from exceptional surgical talent, Zhou Can showed gratitude, respected his teachers, and valued teaching, which were significant reasons why Dr. Xu was so fond of him.

Nobody wants to cultivate an ungrateful wolf.

"The patient back then was found to have multiple tumors in the body, dreadful parent-child tumors, growing near crucial nerves, almost adjacent. At the time, whether it was Hu Kan, Wu Baihe, or even the retired top surgical experts, none dared to take on the surgery. I was moved to take the risky surgery only because the patient’s wife knelt in the comprehensive surgery office with an infant, making me feel sorry for this mother and child."

Recalling the events of the past, Dr. Xu’s eyes revealed a look of reminiscence.

"To borrow a phrase from the internet, I was barely faring well myself but couldn’t stand seeing the world’s misery. I was young and reckless back then, at the peak of my career, riding high. I had appeared in various global medical journals, and in one edition, an image from a surgery I performed was on the cover. At that time, the Comprehensive Surgery Department of Tuya Hospital was almost regarded as the pinnacle in the industry. At least, that was my perspective. Only later did I realize it was merely my narrow vision."

Everyone goes through a youthful and reckless phase.

Over a decade ago, Dr. Xu was still quite young, in his forties during those golden years.

At that time, he achieved numerous significant accomplishments, even setting a world record for the fastest surgery, leading Tuya’s top-notch Comprehensive Surgery Department with an elite team.

One could imagine how exuberant he was.

No one expected that, after seeing his house rise like a tower, it would collapse like a spent building.

Overnight, due to a medical accident, Dr. Xu fell directly from grace, losing all luster.

The Comprehensive Surgery Department at Tuya Hospital was dissolved along with him.

At that time, every medical professional in that department, especially those who participated in the surgery with Dr. Xu, either changed careers or, like him, continued their careers at minor hospitals under different names, or in less prestigious departments.

It was a very tragic situation.

"The patient’s malignant tumor was located here. After medical examinations, no significant signs of nerve infiltration were found. I analyzed the scans repeatedly, reviewed the pathology report, looked up data and concluded that as long as the tumor was removed cleanly, the patient could be rescued. Naturally, because the tumor was adjacent to the nerve, cutting it clean required removing all the tissue on the nerve’s surface. That separation difficulty remains the pinnacle in the surgical field. Even in Renhe in the imperial capital or the affiliated hospital in the southwest, no doctor dares to challenge such surgery."

More than ten years have passed, and such surgery remains the pinnacle of the industry, showing just how remarkable Dr. Xu was back then.

Who would have thought that such an accomplished expert, the master of surgery, is now merely a resident doctor in the Emergency Department?

Zhou Can listened, heart pounding with excitement.

It turned out that among Tuya’s three famous scalpel experts, Dr. Xu was the most outstanding one.

"At that time, because I was quick with surgeries, particularly in cutting lesions others feared, I dared to cut, and my knife was as fast as lightning, full of mystique. Therefore, some called me the Demon Blade Xu Chen behind my back."

When talking about his glorious past, Dr. Xu’s eyes revealed a sparkle.

"Xiao Zhou, you must remember that although the Fast Knife has the significant defect of the hand moving faster than the mind, making it difficult to control, it also has very obvious advantages. Not only is the surgical speed fast, but it can also sometimes cut through complications effectively. Whether it’s the Stable Knife Technique or the Precise Knife Technique, neither can resolve lesions that my Fast Knife can easily handle. I have always insisted that you focus primarily on the Fast Knife, not out of selfishness but because the Fast Knife has advantages that other techniques cannot compare with."

This viewpoint, Zhou Can deeply agreed with.

Moreover, as his surgical skills improved, his understanding of the Fast Knife and Stable Knife Technique became more profound.

He hadn’t practiced or learned the Precise Knife Technique, so he didn’t know about it.

He had reached quite a high level with the Stable Knife Technique and had some authority to speak about it.

Its biggest advantages are stability and steadiness.

Simply put, it added multiple layers of safety to the scalpel. This itself is a kind of restraint on the scalpel.

The Fast Knife is full of mystique but is more effective at solving issues in real practice.

"Continue talking about that patient! I removed the tumor cleanly, but unfortunately, an important nerve was damaged, leaving him currently paralyzed and unable to take care of himself. However, the patient comes from an extremely privileged background, with power and influence, receiving medical treatment far beyond imagination. He receives the best physical therapy, massage, assisted exercise, and nutritional support every day, so he is in very good condition."

It’s imaginable that, despite the important nerve damage and paralysis, except for being unable to take care of himself, the patient likely does not suffer much.

Being powerful and influential is indeed good.

It’s been like that since ancient times.

The lifestyle enjoyed by the elite is simply beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Nerve cells are the only non-regenerative cells in the body.

Being severed to a patient is a disaster.

No matter how wealthy or powerful one is, recovery is nearly impossible.

Dr. Xu’s fate serves as a cautionary tale; surely, no doctor would dare to risk treating this patient again.