Race Against Time Part III

Zheng Ren probed the pseudocyst to assess the situation. He wanted to know if there were multiple cysts or signs of malignancy.

It was standard procedure to rule out the possibility of ripping a vessel on the tumor.

There were no signs of malignancy or bleeding, so Zheng Ren started to connect the pseudocyst to the stomach.

He used the size 0 catgut suture to stitch the pseudocyst to the posterior wall of the stomach.

Then, using a 1-0 suture, he performed an interrupted inverted suture to close the incision on the anterior wall of the stomach. The same technique was used to stitch back the muscle and serosa layer.

The whole procedure from incision to suture took eight minutes.

The matron was caught off guard when she found Zheng Ren suturing the layers. She had just been cleaning some surgical tools with the scrub nurse and the next thing she knew, the surgery was over?

"Saline," Zheng Ren said softly.