Cooperation (Part 1 of 4)

"The knot is too tight and there's too little room for excision." Department Chief Sun prodded the necrotizing gallbladder with a hemostatic clamp.

"Do not untangle the knot. Necrosis has been going on for too long. If gangrenous tissue enters the hepatic duct, it'll be problematic," Zheng Ren said matter-of-factly.

"But…" Department Chief Sun glared in frustration at the twisted knot that held the cystic duct, blood vessels and hepatic duct.

There was no extra space at the base of the gallbladder to perform a resection and suture. If they forced it, the suture would likely unravel. Hence, they could not proceed with the cholecystectomy without untangling the knot.

"May I have a go?" Zheng Ren asked politely.

Department Chief Sun was elated to hear the offer and nodded.

That was why he had called the man here in the first place, after all.

This was a surgical consultation.