Dr. Choi Max Ho - Chapter 207



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Doctor Choi Dae-ho Episode 207

Do-Woon Jong immediately approached Jeong-Gyu Jin and asked him.

“Mr. Jeong Gyu-jin, how are you feeling today?”

“Yeah. That’s just it.”

“You’re going into surgery now, but that’s going to be difficult.”

“It’s okay. I hope the surgery goes well.”

Jeong Gyu-jin spoke with a voice full of determination.

Soon, Daeho and Dowoonjong began preparing to move the hospital bed.

Clank, clank.

In an instant, the atmosphere in the hospital room became heavy.

It seemed like it really hit home that he was going to have surgery.

Kuk.

Park Young-hee and Jeong Yu-ri held hands tightly, while Jeong Se-hyeong looked at the wall for no reason and kicked the floor with his toes.

Daeho immediately caught the awkward atmosphere.

‘This is not it.’

If a patient goes to the operating room in this kind of atmosphere, he or she will feel uncomfortable.

With that in mind, Daeho looked at Jeong Yuri.

“Don’t you have anything to do?”

“yes?”

“Do you have anything to say to your father?”

Daeho pressed the question again, forcing himself to ask again.

Only then did Jeong Yu-ri realize, “Oh no.”

The look in his eyes as he looked at Jeong Gyu-jin was somewhat complicated.

He had an expression on his face like he didn’t know what to say.

But it seemed like he found it soon.

With great difficulty, I opened my mouth and spoke.

“Oh, Dad. When you get discharged from the hospital, let’s go to Namhae together. There’s a pension there where you can see a lot of stars. Let’s go together and look at the stars.”

“……”

Nod, nod.

Jeong Gyu-jin avoided eye contact and nodded silently.

* * *

After a while.

operating room.

Jeong-Gyu Jin was lying on the operating table.

His eyes moved back and forth as if his mind was in a state of confusion.

‘Should I prepare a stabilizer?’

Daeho carefully reasoned inwardly.

But then it happened.

Jeong Gyu-jin’s eyes stopped and he spoke softly.

“teacher.”

“Please speak.”

“I didn’t live in vain.”

Jeong Gyu-jin’s eyes were moist as he spoke.

I could tell from that one word.

The will to live was at its peak.

It was the perfect time to have surgery.

There was no way that Daeho would miss this moment.

chuck!

He immediately raised his hand and shouted loudly.

“The operation is about to begin!”

It was at the same time as the surgeon’s declaration.

Everyone went through the final procedures necessary for the surgery.

First, the patient’s position had to be changed from lying flat to prone.

Anesthesiologist Kim Jong-hoon approached Jeong Gyu-jin and asked him a favor.

“Patient, would you please turn your body? It’s better to lie face down so I can see your back better. I’ll help you.”

“Okay. Hoohoo.”

Jeong Gyu-jin took a deep breath and slowly moved his body.

He had a tired face, but he tried his best.

At the same time, the nurses on the left and right helped correct the posture by lending a helping hand.

“Okay, that’s enough now.”

“Lie down. Mr. Jeong Gyu-jin, turn your head to the left. Yes. Good.”

As the patient’s position changed, Kim Jong-hoon said while putting on the respirator cover.

“Mr. Jeong Gyu-jin. The anesthesia will begin to take effect now. Please think of it as a comfortable sleep.”

“Okay….. Please…..”

Swish.

Jeong Gyu-jin fell asleep before finishing.

-Beep, beep.

Kim Jong-hoon, who checked the ECG, raised his thumb and gave a signal.

“Anesthesia okay!”

“How long did the muscle relaxant work?”

“Your muscles are considerably softer. You can go right in.”

Kim Jong-hoon answered after checking.

Do-Woon Jong passed the baton to Dae-Ho and spoke.

“Serjeon, all ready!”

“Mess!”

When Daeho shouted, Nurse Park Young-joo responded immediately.

“Over here!”

“Operation GO!”

Ssuk.

The tiger’s scalpel cut deeply into the middle of Jeong Gyu-jin’s back.

At the same time, changes also occurred in electronic watches.

-Surgery time 00:00:01.

The operating room was filled with tremendous tension.

Daeho and Dounjong focused on spreading their backs on the left and right.

The back was an area with relatively little bleeding.

However, this was by no means a low-risk area.

The representative example was the erector spinae muscle, which runs long on both sides of the spine.

“I will prioritize widening the surgical window as much as possible.”

“Are you talking to me now?”

“Of course.”

As Daeho spoke, Dounjong’s eyes turned fierce.

His eyes were so sharp that it made his usually gentle gaze seem meaningless.

“I’m Chris. Chris, the neurosurgery ace!”

“Emphasizing the past doesn’t make the present better.”

“Then I must show you my present. This nurse, Cushing Vein, Davis.”

Do-Woon Jong quickly requested a change of surgical tools.

Nurse Lee Hyo-jeong seemed to have quite a bit of surgical experience.

He quickly handed over the appropriate tool among dozens of surgical instruments.

“Here it is.”

“Okay, let’s begin!”

Do-Woon Jong walked with the retractors as if he was looking at a mirror and pulled the left side of the back with force.

All the way.

The left spine was pulled and the left erector spinae muscle was exposed.

Do-un Jong spoke lowly with a challenging look in his eyes.

“Ha, I’m Chris!”

At that moment, Daeho’s quiet voice intervened.

“Is it late.”

“What? Huh!”

Do-Woon Jong, whose shoulders had been raised, stopped for a moment.

Not only was the right erector spinae muscle clearly visible, but the pulled skin was also held in place.

The distance between the left and right erector spinae muscles is only a few centimeters.

Although it was that close, Do-Woon Jong, who was focused on the left erector spinae muscle, was a beat late in noticing it.

“Before I knew it……”

“Hurry up.”

“Okay. I’m going.”

“Senior. You keep being a beat late.”

Chuck. Chuck.

Daeho pointed out as he finished fixing the pulled skin.

It seems that Do-Woon Jong couldn’t be pushed around so pointlessly by his junior.

Immediately, his eyes lit up with a fierce light.

“Eight.”

I immediately increased my speed and went into fixing the left back.

It wasn’t a competition or anything.

It was just a warm-up before the actual surgery.

You could tell by the appearance of the exposed spine.

A hideous tumor was visible in the middle of the spine, which was made up of several bones.

He cleverly extended his hand between the erector spinae muscles on both sides.

It’s a sight we’re all too familiar with from various inspection videos.

But seeing it with your own eyes was another matter.

The gap between Daeho and Dounjong’s eyebrows narrowed significantly.

“shit.”

“This is the worst.”

There didn’t seem to be an easy path from the beginning.

But there was no rush.

Daeho adjusted the speed of the surgical procedure as expected of a surgeon.

“Senior, I will first determine the degree of constriction.”

“You right, I’ll left, okay!”

Do-Woon Jong shouted powerfully and focused on the left erector spinae muscle.

That was enough.

It was a relationship that needed no further explanation.

Daeho also looked at the erector spinae muscle on the right side.

At the same time, he extended his hand to the side and gave an order.

“Hook, Mathieu.”

“Here it is.”

“Okay. Hold on here, please.”

“yes.”

chin.

Nurse Park Young-joo immediately received the hook that Dae-ho had pulled.

Daeho held out his empty right hand again and gave additional orders.

“Mess.”

“Here it is.”

widely.

“Now, let’s see how far you can reach.”

Daeho carefully cut between the erector spinae muscle and the spine with the blade of a small scalpel, his eyes brightening.

And with a calm hand, he measured the extent of the constriction.

After a while.

Daeho and Dowoonjong looked at each other after finishing their calculations.

Daeho opened his mouth first.

“The right side is about 30 percent.”

“The left side is about 50 percent. This side is worse.”

“Then I think it would be better to separate it from the outside and dig into it.”

“I agree.”

The two exchanged brief opinions.

Since an agreement was reached right away, it was something that could be done right away.

“Until we secure the spine.”

“Just push through!”

Chuck chuck.

Daeho and Dounjong each said a word and took action at the same time.

Surgical tools were used to isolate the tumor located between the spine and the erector spinae muscle.

The atmosphere was still somewhat static.

No, it had to be this way up to this point.

The actual surgery hasn’t even started yet.

The current stage is literally the ‘superficial’ stage.

That doesn’t mean it was easy though.

Even the moment I moved my hand was filled with tension.

‘Be careful, be cautious.’

Even one sprain can damage the erector spinae muscles.

Even if that doesn’t happen, it can nick important blood vessels that run around the spine.

The blood vessels are the aorta and the vena cava.

Even though the ribs protected it, there were gaps between the bones.

There was a very real possibility that the surgical instrument would slip and become lodged in the space between the ribs.

A mistake may be momentary, but the patient’s condition could quickly change into an emergency.

So, even if I moved just once, I had to be on edge.

Mongolia, Mongolia.

Cold sweat was breaking out on my forehead in real time.

“Ugh, groan.”

Between the careful movements of his hands, a tense breath escaped him.

It wasn’t just Daeho.

The same was true for Do-un Jong.

“Phew, phew.”

It would be a lie if the doctors at Johns Hopkins, who have experienced many surgeries, said this moment was easy.

If it’s a hundred, … if it’s a thousand, it’s a thousand.

No surgery could be taken lightly.

The surgery was a continuous process of intense concentration and sharp nerves.

The tension wasn’t just borne by the surgeon and his assistant.

Even the anesthesiologists and nurses.

I didn’t take my eyes off him for even a moment.

I watched the surgical situation with my eyes wide open as if they were going to pop out.

“Increase the anesthesia strength. The IV fluids and blood are still good.”

“I’ll inject saline solution. I’ll suction it out.”

Squeak, creak, creak.

I acted quickly without disturbing the concentration of the surgeon and his assistant.

* * *

An hour passed in the blink of an eye.

In the meantime, the results of the diligent work were clearly visible.

The erector spinae muscles were pushed left and right, and the spine was clearly visible in the center.

The ribs connected to the spine were also visible.

Daeho and Dounjong’s gaze was fixed on the spine.

The spine is a complex shape made up of long, connected bones.

Some of them had firmly adhered tumors growing inside them, and the spinal cord, which was the starting point of the tumor, was present.

First, the spine had to be arranged in a way that was suitable for surgery.

Daeho extended his hand to the side and gave the order.

“Osteotome (bone cutter).”

“Here it is.”

chin.

What he was holding in his hand was literally a cutter.

It was exactly like what they would give you if you went to a hardware store and asked for a cutter.

It was at that moment that Daeho raised the bone cutter down.

The doppler helped pinpoint the starting point of the tumor.

“The top starts from here.”

“Cutting!”

Knock knock.

The sound of the spine being sequentially cut through the center was eerie.

We were going down like that, one by one.

The end point of the dowel was indicated by pointing it with a surgical tool.

“Below… here, one space down from there, leave a little room!”

“Confirmed. Up to here!”

Knock knock.

The tiger moved the bone cutter mercilessly.