"Dr. Tao, are you saying that the part of the surgery involving the TEE was thought up on the spot?"
"Yes," Tao Zhijie answered with certainty.
Xie Wanying was fast in surgery, as if she had a thorough understanding of the procedure. Yet the situation was indeed urgent. Intraoperative exploration showed that the patient's collateral circulation, the so-called small vessel minefield mentioned by other doctors, was more severe and complex than any had imagined. Perhaps it was due to the patient's complicated condition, with cardiac disease, long-term liver cirrhosis, and ascites.
If she couldn't manage, the patient had to be switched to an open surgery, so there was no time to delay; she had to be quick.
