Special Forces Medic

Nine minutes, not a second more, not a second less.

He walked up to the corpse, the perfect incision presented before him, and let out a cold laugh aimed at the figure already turning away.

"Who is this person?" JAZZ stood beside him.

"It's good you didn't provoke him." The Sven man fell into contemplation over the incision, "Fax a copy of the contract to my office later."

"Yes!"

"The people inside can be taken away now." After removing the lab coat and gloves, the Sven man followed after the figure of Xiao Lin.

Carrying something in his hand, Xiao Lin was eager to get back to the campus hospital. The silver QQ car recklessly speeding down the street, the phone placed on the shelf, its signal light flashing continuously.

"Shouldn't we go take a look?" Consort Ling reminded Xiao Lin, who hesitated for a moment, picked up the phone, which was filled with calls from Wu Shuang.

"No need." A cold voice issued from his mouth as he dialed a number back, and a furious voice came from the other end.

"Zhang Teng is dead!" Wu Shuang yelled at him upon picking up Xiao Lin's call.

"Mm, I know."

"What?" Hearing Xiao Lin's response, Wu Shuang was even more infuriated, wanting to kill someone. She had waited outside for four to five hours, only to receive this response, and ended up with nothing.

"Zhang Teng was bound to die tonight, it was within my expectations, did Fatty Wang report it?"

"Yes! As per your instructions, after he reported, he entered the scene and took the body away." Wu Shuang replied in a sarcastic tone.

"Mm, I have an important surgery to perform tonight. I'll visit you tomorrow; you can dismiss your team and leave." Xiao Lin chuckled forward, it went exactly as he had planned, which was a good thing; if Zhang Teng hadn't died, it would have become a hassle.

"Dean, hello, it's Xiao Lin. A volunteer just agreed to donate his kidney, I'm bringing the organ to the hospital now, could you schedule the surgery?"

"No problem, about how long will it take for you to arrive?"

"About half an hour." One hand lying on the freezer, the other on the steering wheel. Consort Ling donned his cloaking device; with Xiao Lin saying half an hour, it was at most ten minutes. Ling left upon reaching the campus hospital, having concealed himself.

"Xiao Xiao, why so sudden, who's donating?" Yu Zhengbo rubbed his hands, pacing around the dean's office. A kidney transplant is no trivial matter, though not immense, for this small hospital, it's a significant event.

"A patient just died; I got the kidney through connections, so rushed over without delay. Apologies for disturbing you, Dean Yu, there was no need for you to come personally." Seeing Dean Yu, Xiao Lin felt a bit embarrassed.

"For a kidney transplant, the donor needs to provide related proof, all the procedures must be complete." Yu Zhengbo, seeing Xiao Lin drenched in sweat, handed him a tissue.

"I didn't think it through, was just focused on the availability of the kidney and rushing the surgery. Could we sort it out afterward?" Xiao Lin frowned, wondering why this had to be so troublesome.

"This..."

Yu Zhengbo felt a bit troubled; doing so defied conventions, if higher authorities didn't investigate all would be well, but if someone leaked and dug into it, he, as dean, would find it hard to manage.

"Dean Yu, pretend you know nothing, can I handle it if there's any issue?" Xiao Lin implored Yu Zhengbo in a pleading tone. He didn't want any complications here; forcing through would only make Yu Zhengbo more fearful and unwilling to consent. "The fresher the kidney for the patient, the better the effect. You don't wish for this surgery to fail, do you?"

"Can you handle it alone?" Considering various factors, Yu Zhengbo knew that the fewer people involved, the better to ensure secrecy.

"It's indeed a bit difficult for one person, but I can give it a try." Xiao Lin looked at Yu Zhengbo with some hesitation.

"How about this, I'll assign you a..."

"Dean, I can assist Dr. Xiao as his helper." Li Jingyi suddenly appeared at the doorway of the dean's office, her long curly hair tied into a bun at the back of her head.

"Director, why are you still here so late?" Xiao Lin looked at Li Jingyi in surprise and couldn't help but feel a wave of joy at her appearance.

"Well, I borrowed a few books from the library and was browsing through them. Before I realized it, it got so late. I happened to pass by the hospital and heard someone talking about you, so I came by to check." Li Jingyi raised the books in her hand, which were a collection of materials on bone cancer: "If surgery is to be done, I can help a little."

"Xiao Xiao, what do you think?" Yu Zhengbo turned his head to ask Xiao Lin.

"Prepare the surgical instruments!" On the way to the special care ward, Xiao Lin was explaining the surgical process to Li Jingyi.

"Let me briefly explain the process of harvesting the kidney source to you, so you have a basic idea of what's going on. Generally, the traditional median incision is used, and after opening the abdominal cavity, a comprehensive inspection should be conducted to check for other tumors or abnormal anatomy. Only after confirming that the nephrectomy can be performed do we proceed. From the upper right side, the Parietal peritoneum is incised along the direction of the duodenum, facilitating the mobilization of the small intestine to the left side, allowing a clear view of the duodenum and the pancreas head in the retroperitoneal cavity. By pushing the duodenum and pancreas upwards, the proximal abdominal aorta and inferior vena cava become visible. The bilateral ureters in the retroperitoneal cavity should be carefully identified and looped with markers."

Li Jingyi followed by his side, finding it a bit challenging to keep up with Xiao Lin's explanation, without having the chance to interject. Xiao Lin suddenly stopped and smiled at Li Jingyi: "Sister Jing, don't be so nervous. Just follow my instructions later. I was afraid you might get confused all of a sudden, so I rambled on. Didn't realize that made you more nervous, that's my oversight."

"Ah, no, Xiao Xiao!" Li Jingyi quickly denied, although she indeed hadn't absorbed all that process, only having seen it in medical books. In reality, she wouldn't even dare to imagine it.

"Basically, a kidney transplant involves transplanting an alien kidney into a patient's body, restoring its blood supply, allowing it to function, and producing urine, which is expelled through the bladder and urethra." Entering the ward, Xiao Lin saw Niu Niu already asleep and hinted to Dan Qing, who was still on a drip, not to make a noise.

"I'm taking you for the operation now; they've found a kidney source." Xiao Lin whispered in Dan Qing's ear. Li Jingyi held onto the hospital bed from the side and slowly pushed it out of the ward.

"So sudden, I'm not ready." Dan Qing grasped Xiao Lin's hand fearfully.

"It'll be fine! You must have confidence in yourself, okay?" Xiao Lin glanced at Li Jingyi. In truth, none of them were certain whether using a non-immediate-relative kidney source would lead to rejection. If the compatibility wasn't good, it would be futile.

In the pre-surgical waiting area, Li Jingyi was doing the final sterilization preparation for Dan Qing, while Xiao Lin, fully dressed, entered the operating room.

The cold, hard solitude permeated the air. Without any nurse assistant, he opened the equipment by himself, adjusting the mechanical settings. In the unheated room, even speaking would make you tremble. He just couldn't understand why the domestic operating rooms were made to feel like ice caves.

Dan Qing was wheeled into the operating room, cleaned and empty underneath the surgical gown. She nervously stared at the surgical light above her, counting the bulbs. Xiao Lin nodded at Li Jingyi, and after injecting antibiotics, connected her to the cardiac monitoring period.

"Dr. Xiao!"

"Shh, don't talk." Li Jingyi gently placed a breathing mask over Dan Qing's nose, as consciousness gradually drifted further and further away.

"We can begin now." Xiao Lin took a deep breath and made the first incision on the area draped by the surgical cloth.

Li Jingyi assisted on one side, following the procedure as Xiao Lin had described earlier: incising the peritoneum, flipping the small intestine to the left side, revealing the duodenum and pancreas head in the retroperitoneal cavity. After pushing the duodenum and pancreas upwards, the proximal abdominal aorta and inferior vena cava are visible. The bilateral ureters in the retroperitoneal cavity need careful identification and looping with markers.

"Next, I'll ligate the branches at the proximal end of the abdominal aorta, the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) and celiac trunks, about 2 cm above the left renal vein." Xiao Lin winked at Li Jingyi, suggesting she need not be so tense. "Sister Jing, this is the kidney removal process. You should watch closely; the books don't explain it in such detail."

"Dr. Xiao, you're really amazing." Li Jingyi knew Xiao Lin was easing her tension with such a massive operation being conducted by only two people, which indeed put great pressure on her. Moreover, at that moment, she felt as directionless as an intern.

"Subsequently, after stripping and ligating the distal end of the abdominal aorta and inferior vena cava, if small branches like vertebral arteries are encountered during looping, they can also be ligated. A hole is punched in the distal end of the abdominal aorta to insert the perfusion catheter, beginning the kidney perfusion process. The catheter's proximal end has a balloon that stops after advancing beyond the renal artery, then fills up." As Xiao Lin skillfully carried out each step he narrated, he patiently explained the potential problems to Li Jingyi. At this moment, Li Jingyi saw him as if he were a silver-haired professor kindly explaining intricate cases to his students. "Sister Jing, don't let your mind drift at this moment!" Xiao Lin knocked on the tray in her hand with his instrument as he observed her slightly dazed eyes.

"Ah! Sorry! You really look like an old professor." Li Jingyi suddenly blushed and refocused on the surgery.

Coughing deliberately, Xiao Lin resumed his explanation: "The reason for doing this is to ensure that the flushing fluid only flows to the bilateral kidneys. Without this specialized catheter, a large-sized standard injection catheter could also be used as a substitute. However, the proximal abdominal aorta above the bilateral renal arteries must be ligated first, achieving the same effect." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation.)