White armor

Chapter 726 Alone and Undeterred

"Are these things kept secret?" Luo Hao asked, puzzled.

"There are many areas for improvement, but I think the problem lies in the strength. The required strength... how should I put it, is enough to withstand spatial tearing."

"!!!"

“These are not confidential. Of course, the specific data is still confidential, but it’s not at that high level,” Professor Li said. “I know the confidentiality rules, so don’t worry. I won’t say anything I shouldn’t say, and I won’t put you in a difficult position.”

"And then?" Luo Hao asked again.

"What follows is just my guess, it's not reliable," Professor Li continued mysteriously. "I suspect there's been a breakthrough in quantum physics, and Ye Qingqing wants to do something about it."

"???"

"Ascension? Time travel? In short, it's something we can't even imagine. The most likely scenario is that the person simply disappears, which is extremely risky."

"Are you sure?" Luo Hao became cautious.

Professor Li's guess was almost identical to his own.

That bastard Ye Qingqing, can't she just live a normal life? Why does she have to do such dangerous experiments?

It's not that we can't do it, but could we let someone else do it first?

Luo Hao thought to himself, "What do you mean?"

"I'm not sure. As I just said, it's all just my guess," Professor Li said. "What I mean is, I know there are directions related to AI in the medical field, and you must have your own ideas, and you've kept some of them to yourself."

"No," Luo Hao said firmly.

Professor Li scoffed, "I do like Ye Qingqing. She's really dedicated to her work, and she's worth two people. Plus, we get along really well, and I treat her like my daughter. Xiao Luo, let me tell you, whether you're hiding anything or not, you need to check if the medical AI has been connected to anything recently."

"and then?"

Luo Hao asked again.

"I don't know either. Whether we go to the inner world or the outer world, it would be fine if it were the same as our world, but we should always be prepared."

Professor Li's words were starting to become incoherent, but Luo Hao understood what he meant.

"You mean acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine?"

Professor Li grinned. Xiao Luo was truly a remarkable person; even though he had spoken in such a rambling and incoherent manner, he could still guess what was going on.

"Yes, I was just reminding you, as well as the identification of herbs and plants and animals, just in case they are from ancient times."

"..." Luo Hao sighed helplessly.

“Okay, I just saw your car and came to let you know. It’s not classified, absolutely not classified, but some things are better left unsaid,” Professor Li emphasized.

"I understand, thank you." Luo Hao expressed his gratitude to Professor Li.

“I already told you, I treat Ye Qingqing like my own daughter.” Professor Li sighed. “To be honest, before she left, I had already started working on making her my last disciple. In the future…”

"Let's not talk about the technical stuff. If you notice anything amiss with what I just said, call me and tell me that Xiao Meng needs an upgrade. Just those five words!" Luo Hao said seriously.

"Oh, okay," Professor Li replied with a serious expression.

"Then you go ahead with your work. I'll wait for some materials here, and then I'll leave. That way, I won't take up any more of your time," Luo Hao said.

"what material?"

When the topic of materials came up, Professor Li immediately woke up.

"The materials needed for the surgery aren't anything too high-end," Luo Hao said with a smile.

"Okay, see you later."

Watching Professor Li leave, Luo Hao fell into deep thought.

I haven't inputted any TCM-related content into the AI ​​because Luo Hao discovered in his clinical practice that TCM is a medical approach with extremely high potential and extremely low potential.

Moreover, Luo Hao himself does not have a traditional Chinese medicine certificate and is not qualified to practice medicine.

Overall, apart from the acupuncture technique, Luo Hao didn't use traditional Chinese medicine to treat many related patients.

Moreover, medical records from traditional Chinese medicine practitioners... are too difficult to read and cannot be input into AI as complete data.

In this respect, Luo Hao and the project team have made some shortcomings.

But isn't this also a deficiency in the domestic TCM community?

Doctors and experts in the field of traditional Chinese medicine can be said to be extremely incompetent, receiving government subsidies but doing nothing of substance, and still haven't reorganized traditional Chinese medicine from scratch.

The notebook side, however, is quite well made.

Unfortunately, this content is highly confidential to the author, and Luo Hao cannot obtain the relevant data.

Even Luo Hao suspected that someone might have taken money from certain foundations, and that they could take the money without doing anything, which would be the simplest task.

The thought of organizing a large amount of traditional Chinese medicine materials made Luo Hao's head buzz and ache.

He has no experience in this area.

He hesitated for a long time before deciding to wait until he got to the capital and visited his teachers at Guang'anmen.

He would use whatever data he had on hand as initial input for the backend. As for anything more, Luo Hao didn't know how far he could go.

As for Ye Qingqing, Luo Hao knew that this girl had been mischievous like a boy since she was a child, otherwise she wouldn't have been so interested in anti-materiel weapons like the Barrett.

All violent aesthetics suit Ye Qingqing perfectly; Luo Hao couldn't help but laugh whenever he thought of that little girl running around in the alley.

Now that the girl has grown up, she's even going to work as a lab technician.

Although Luo Hao was very unwilling, he would have rejected the proposal if he could have made the decision, but he couldn't.

As for what Ye Qingqing was going to do, Luo Hao didn't know, and couldn't ask. He could only do what he could based on Professor Li's guess.

When Luo Hao had some free time, he calmed down and analyzed Professor Li's words and micro-expressions.

He probably wasn't a spy, but just reminded himself out of concern for Ye Qingqing.

……

……

"Boss, the surgery has to be done in an unmanned hospital?!" Gu Huaiming was extremely surprised.

"Hmm." Old Zhou nodded.

"..." Gu Huaiming remained silent, knowing that this must be Luo Hao's intention.

The reason for doing it in an unmanned hospital is not hard to guess: Luo Hao felt that his skills surpassed his own and that he didn't need Luo Hao's assistance.

Luo Hao might even think that an AI robot would be better than himself as his assistant.

This is absolutely outrageous! A strange feeling welled up inside Gu Huaiming.

Luo Hao is not even 30 years old yet, and he thinks he can surpass me? Besides, he doesn't perform many surgeries, and he's currently an interventional radiology doctor.

How did you surpass yourself?!

Even if Luo Hao is young and has steady hands and sharp eyes, he can't even compare to an AI robot.
Gu Huaiming was filled with a myriad of thoughts.

"Little Snail told me a few things." Old Man Zhou was wise and experienced, having been through Gu Huaiming's age, so he naturally knew what Gu Huaiming was thinking.

He recounted what Luo Hao had said about box office predictions.

"He said he was 7% confident, and based on my understanding of him, the success rate of the surgery is at least 9%," said Mr. Zhou confidently.

"Holy crap! That high? Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Gu Huaiming was utterly astonished.

The optimal time for surgery to treat a persistent arterial trunk is around 3 months. Although he is not a pediatric surgeon, Gu Huaiming has performed this surgery many times.

Even during the optimal surgical period, Gu Huaiming only had a 50/50 chance of success.

The patient in front of him had surgery 20 years too late, yet Luo Hao was still 9% confident.

"Luo Hao has already obtained the 3D-printed blood vessel and is flying over here," Boss Zhou said. "There are many things involved in the unmanned hospital project. If you can avoid going, then don't. Whether it succeeds or fails, I'll tell you when I get back."

"Hmm." Gu Huaiming knew the gravity of the situation and responded softly.

It's fine to look at things casually, but if it involves confidential information, you might just disappear without a trace.

Gu Huaiming longed for the warmth and life of the world and didn't want to become an unknown researcher.

"Xiao Gu, what do you think the surgery should be done?" Boss Zhou asked calmly, his eyes closed.

The 2018 ACC & AHA guidelines recommend severing the pulmonary artery and connecting it to the right ventricle, and repairing it using an artificial conduit or an allogeneic or bioprosthetic valve.

Simultaneous closure of the ventricular septal defect, allowing left ventricular blood flow to enter only the aortic system, can effectively improve patient survival rates and reduce the risk of postoperative pulmonary hypertension.

"Yes, that's roughly it. I understand the principles of the surgery; the limitation is the materials. What Little Conch means is that 3D printing materials have made breakthrough progress in recent years, so you should pay more attention to them."

"Ah."

“You have to pay attention. Old Chai is a stubborn man. When I started performing thoracoscopic surgery, he ridiculed me a lot.” Boss Zhou said disdainfully, “What happened in the end? Even the best surgeons have to retire one day. Even Xiao Qian doesn’t care about him anymore. After Old Chai retires, he will directly start performing laparoscopic surgery.”

"..."

Director Gu remained silent.

He didn't want to hear a word more about these old gossips that involved the old folks' struggles.

“I’m not so stubborn that I’m going to keep up with the latest technology. I know it involves a lot of medical insurance-related issues, but if I look carefully, there are still patients who can benefit from it.”

Boss Zhou gave instructions.

"Yes, boss. After the surgery, if it's really as Dr. Luo said, I will take the initiative to explore the latest cutting-edge fields," Director Gu said. "Our cardiothoracic surgery department has a lot of things we can use, such as blood vessels used in bypass surgery."

"If we could avoid taking the great saphenous vein, the surgery would be faster and the postoperative results would be better."

As Director Gu rambled on, he pondered how Luo Hao should perform the surgery.

He knew the patient's condition perfectly well, but Luo Hao's 9% certainty was almost unbelievable to Director Gu.

But he knew Luo Hao's character, so it was unimaginable that such a despicable person could say there was a 7-9% probability.

Gu Huaiming thought to himself, "I really want to see the surgery."

But the unmanned hospital was a forbidden zone for Gu Huaiming, and he didn't want to step into it.

"Don't worry, I'll bring the video back after the surgery." Boss Zhou's eyes seemed to see through everything as he smiled and said to Gu Huaiming.

"!!!"

“The unmanned hospital involves confidential information, but the surgery itself is not,” Boss Zhou said. “Only a few people will be there to see it, mainly so you can see the latest technological advancements and avoid becoming complacent.”

"Boss, I don't know how."

"When Lao Chai refused laparoscopy, he was about the same age as you. Although the country was short of money and the medical system was quite chaotic at that time, he was determined!"

The mutual disparaging of each other by bosses falls into the category of friendly but mischievous attacks, something Director Gu is well aware of.

There are many things that your boss can say, but you can't say, and you're even taboo to hear them.

"Okay, that's settled then. I'll go to the unmanned hospital and wait for Little Snail."

"I'll see you off."

“Go pick him up in a bit and take him directly to the unmanned hospital,” Boss Zhou said.

Gu Huaiming first took his boss to an abandoned hospital, then contacted Luo Hao to pick him up. The only person Gu Huaiming could personally pick up from the airport was Boss Zhou; now there was another one.

Once in the car, Gu Huaiming asked earnestly, "Dr. Luo, how confident are you?"

“7%.” Luo Hao stated a number very seriously.

"The boss said you have 9%."

“The boss knows me well,” Luo Hao said with a smile. “Director Gu, let me show you the blood vessels that were just printed out.”

"Don't change the subject. Why can't I go?" Gu Huaiming asked directly.

“Oh, isn’t that an unmanned hospital?” Luo Hao said. “You can definitely do it, but there’s no need to go to a place like that.”

Hearing Luo Hao say this, Gu Huaiming felt a little better, even though he knew that Luo Hao was probably just being polite.

"I thought you thought I wasn't good enough at microsurgery."

Gu Huaiming scoffed.

"Hey, you were one of the first surgeons in China to perform vascular anastomosis with an 8x scope. Back in Australia, you were a super surgeon who honed your skills by going up on stage all by yourself. How could you not be one?" Luo Hao showered Gu Huaiming with compliments, so much so that Gu Huaiming was completely won over.

When Luo Hao wanted to praise someone, he would go into great detail, and everything he said would be based on a theoretical foundation; it wasn't just empty flattery.

This kind of praise is more comforting, because it's meaningful.

Director Gu was very pleased.

"How long will the surgery take?" Director Gu asked.

"About two hours."

Gu Huaiming's pupils shrank instantly, becoming as small as pinpoints.

"The boss said he wants to see the surgical process after the surgery?"

"Ah."

"Okay, I need to rest. I've been through a lot, so I'm a little tired. I need to rest so that nothing goes wrong during the surgery." Luo Hao asked Gu Huaiming for leave.

Gu Huaiming didn't disturb Luo Hao, letting him doze off in the passenger seat.

This kind of surgery requires a lot of energy and physical strength. Although Luo Hao is young, there is never too much energy and physical strength.

After taking Luo Hao to the deserted hospital, Gu Huaiming saw "Xiao Meng" come to greet Luo Hao.

It had a brief exchange with him, and Luo Hao handed over the various consumables he was carrying to "Xiao Meng," after which the two disappeared.

Gu Huaiming was a little dazed that Luo Hao would just casually get off the plane and go on such a major surgery.

He used to think Luo Hao was too conservative, not allowing AI robots to perform surgery, but once this little guy got radical, he was even more radical than himself, insisting on performing such major surgeries himself.

Alone and fearless, he went forth without hesitation.

Gu Huaiming thought of Zhao Yun, who charged in and out seven times, and Luo Hao, who was also involved in the Xiehe incident. Gu Huaiming smiled, but his smile froze.

He sensed a youthful vigor and a passion for embracing new technologies in Luo Hao.

Most importantly, Luo Hao also has the corresponding abilities. Even if others want to embrace the future, the future won't let them.

Gu Huaiming slowly closed his eyes and began the simulated surgery.

He imagined himself as Luo Hao, already inside the unmanned hospital, wondering what to do next.

The patient will definitely be taken to the operating room first, given anesthesia in a sitting position, and then positioned for surgery while intubated.

This step alone takes a lot of time. Last time, the patient's heart stopped beating when they were intubated, which caused the boss to have a heart attack when he got anxious.

The surgical area was disinfected, a sterile drape was laid, and the sternum was cut open layer by layer, slightly below the xiphoid process, and then the sternum was cut open with a sternal saw.

Strictly stop the bleeding and examine the heart.

Gu Huaiming knew the shape of the patient's heart so well that he didn't even need to look at it to know what the situation was like.

It's tricky, but it has to be done.

Cut open the heart, and then...

Gu Huaiming was simulating the surgery in his mind, having lost track of time, completely absorbed in it.

dong dong dong~~~
I don't know how much time had passed when suddenly someone knocked on the car window.

Gu Huaiming was a little unhappy. He was just about to anastomose the artificial blood vessel when he was interrupted. Who was it?

This was incredibly disappointing. Gu Huaiming opened his eyes in displeasure and was shocked to see that the person standing outside the car window was Boss Zhou.

"Boss!" Gu Huaiming hurriedly opened the car door and said in a hoarse voice.

"The surgery is over," Mr. Zhou said calmly, walking around to open the passenger door and getting into the car.

"The surgery is over?!" Gu Huaiming was taken aback.

He glanced at the time subconsciously: 1 hour and 12 minutes. It had only been a little over an hour since Luo Hao entered the unmanned hospital.

How is the surgery over already?!
It failed.

“Unbelievable, isn’t it?” Mr. Zhou said. “I also find it unbelievable, but the surgery was performed right under my nose.”

"Yes, it was a success, right?" Gu Huaiming didn't mention the surgery failure he was worried about, but instead asked if it was successful.

"Success, I have obtained the permission. I will go back to study."

Boss Zhou's face was flushed, and Gu Huaiming knew that his boss was a little excited.

How could such a major surgery be completed in just over an hour?!
Where is Dr. Luo?

"Little Snail said he would stay overnight, since there isn't much relevant information and AI robots can't do everything perfectly. He'll discuss things with the AI ​​here so that any problems can be solved."

"!!!"

Gu Huaiming let out a deep sigh.

What a deal!

"Technology has made groundbreaking progress, not only in application scenarios but also in surgical procedures, which have become unfamiliar," Mr. Zhou said to Gu Huaiming as he fastened his seatbelt.

"Boss, aren't you tired?"

"I've been sitting and watching the surgeries the whole time, how could I be tired?"

Sitting?

Gu Huaiming thought to himself, "There should be a surgeon's perspective when observing a surgery inside."

It's not that difficult. When Luo Hao is performing surgery, he wears a scene capture device, and his perspective is digitally transmitted to the holographic imager in front of his boss, where it is then simulated.

Gu Huaiming understood the reasoning; he was just curious about how the surgery was performed and why it could be done so quickly.

On the way back to 912, only Boss Zhou, Gu Huaiming, and one of his trusted experts entered the conference room.

The holographic image lit up, and sure enough, the perspective was Luo Hao's. The AI ​​robots around him were incredibly realistic.

The anesthesia and intubation were over. Luo Hao looked up at the monitor readings and then glanced at the ventilator readings.

At this time, an AI robot is disinfecting and laying out sterile sheets.

They were executed so smoothly that they were almost at the limit of what Gu Huaiming could imagine.

Without wasting a single second, Luo Hao also didn't miss any details—the arterial blood oxygen saturation value had already appeared on the screen, and the cardiac catheterization examination was also not missed.

Luo Hao reached out, and the scalpel landed directly in his hand almost without delay.

Make a split incision in the middle of the sternum, and then make a longitudinal incision through the pericardium to expose the heart.

The process of sawing open the sternum with a sternal saw was simple, and Gu Huaiming didn't even see any particularly obvious bleeding.

As the sternum saw moved upwards, the AI ​​robot standing opposite Luo Hao began to follow along with the electric burner, and then applied bone wax to the bone stubble on both sides.

The bleeding was stopped immediately.

Gu Huaiming was dumbfounded.

Is this even possible?!

If it were him performing the surgery, he would definitely use a sternal saw to cut open the sternum, then use electrocautery to stop the bleeding, and only then would he apply bone wax.

Although they were similar, the AI ​​opposite Luo Hao was clearly more coordinated. Gu Huaiming could even feel the wind from the sternum saw blowing on the AI's gloves.

buzz~
clap~
Amid the buzzing of the sternum saw, the faint crackling sound of electrocautery for hemostasis could be heard.

Gu Huaiming clicked pause. "Boss, how did the AI ​​robot do that?"

“Luo Hao input his surgical habits, and this assistant robot was custom-made for him,” said Boss Zhou.

Tailor-made!

Gu Huaiming felt a pang of envy and jealousy.

In hospitals, the scrub nurses who assist surgeons are randomly assigned; only top-tier surgeons have their own designated scrub nurses.

The boss used to have his own scrub nurses, but after the boss's generation retired, that practice stopped.

Luo Hao is not only a scrub nurse, but he can even customize his assistants!
Gu Huaiming glanced at his trusted doctor, with whom he had worked together on surgeries for eight years; their teamwork had reached a level of perfection.

However, it still couldn't achieve the same level of cooperation between Luo Hao and the AI ​​robot.

The main thing is that AI robots are really not afraid of sternal saws.

A mistake could result in the AI ​​robot suffering only minor external injuries, which wouldn't even qualify as surgical contamination, since their entire bodies had definitely been exposed to ultraviolet light before the procedure.

But who would dare to do that normally?

Gu Huaiming gave a wry smile.

"This level of teamwork is only average. Let's keep watching," Boss Zhou said calmly.

Gu Huaiming glanced at the holographic projection with a complicated expression, then clicked "continue."

The sternal saw was removed, the AI ​​robot assistant had already stopped the bleeding, bone wax was evenly applied, and the sternal retractor opened the sternum with appropriate force.

Luo Hao looked at the heart and handed over the sternal saw with his right hand. The robotic surgical nurse took the sternal saw and then placed a pair of pliers and a sharp knife in Luo Hao's hand.

After observation, Luo Hao opened the pericardium.

Luo Hao didn't even look at what instruments the AI ​​robot gave him, but his hands seemed to have eyes. With one hand, he held a hemostat and pulled on the pericardium, while with the other hand, he gently touched the pericardium with a sharp knife and opened it up.

The moment it was opened, a pair of thread cutters appeared, and the AI ​​robot used them to cut open the pouch.

Their teamwork is just too perfect!

Gu Huaiming and his assistant remained silent.

Their teamwork was almost perfect, but after seeing Luo Hao's teamwork with the AI ​​robot, they both knew they were still far from perfect.

In any case, they are two people.

Luo Hao seemed to have countless clones, performing surgery on himself and providing his own personal audio.

How could they not be in sync?!

(End of this chapter)