When I'm on the night shift, all the department heads can't sleep.

The circulating nurse finished ticking the last mark in the "Second Assistant, First Aid" column and looked up at the anesthesiologist.

The anesthesiologist glanced at the monitor and nodded to Director Wang.

"We can begin."

Disinfection and sheeting have already been completed.

Pneumoperitoneum was established via periumbilical puncture, and the other two operating ports were completed sequentially.

After the abdominal cavity was opened, the screen lit up.

The camera pans to the lower right abdomen, where a thin layer of omentum covers the front of the cecum.

Director Wang first scanned the lens under the lens before handing the handle to Lin Ye.

"Keep the appendix, the base of the appendix, and Dr. Wei's forceps for me."

Lin Ye caught the handle of the mirror and moved it back half an inch.

Dr. Wei's non-traumatic forceps reached in from the left side of the screen and gently opened the cecum; Director Wang's instruments followed from the other side, and the end of the appendix was exposed from behind the omentum.

He didn't chase after either pair of pliers; he simply lowered the screen a bit, leaving a section of each instrument visible at the edge of the screen.

The base of the appendix is ​​located slightly in the middle, and the location where the mesentery and surgical instruments will be placed is clearly visible.

Dr. Wei changed the direction of traction.

Lin Ye first turned the camera around.

The base wasn't blocked, and Director Wang's equipment wasn't positioned in front of the camera.

Director Wang stared at the screen: "Just leave it like this."

The anesthesia machine was regularly delivering air.

The scrub nurse separated the suction tube and the lens cable, and whispered a reminder: "Move the cable a little to the left, don't let it touch Dr. Wei's hand."

Lin Ye raised his elbow to move aside, revealing the control panel on the right side.

The subsequent operations proceeded step by step.

Every time Dr. Wei changed the forceps, Lin Ye would first widen the camera view slightly, and only after the traction direction was stabilized would he switch the camera back.

As Director Wang raised his instrument, he brought the junction of the appendix and cecum back to the center of the screen; as he turned the instrument toward the mesentery, the field of vision also shifted downwards, preventing the camera from focusing solely on a small area being treated.

The only sound next to the operating table was the occasional beep from the suction device.

The scrub nurse changed the equipment, and Lin Ye raised his right arm to move the drooping camera cable to his side, avoiding touching Dr. Wei's hand.

"Give me a little more here." Dr. Wei's forceps stopped at the bottom of the screen.

The forest opened up the angle, and the cecal wall, the root of the appendix, and the two instruments fell into the screen together.

Director Wang remained silent, and the instruments moved down the clearly defined layers.

Halfway through the treatment of the appendix mesentery, Dr. Wei lifted the traction forceps upwards.

Lin Ye gently raised the lens along the direction of the clamp bar, making room for it to pass through.

"Let me take another look at the base." Director Wang stopped using his instruments.

Lin Ye moved forward a little, and the lateral wall of the cecum, the root of the appendix, and the lower edge of the mesentery were still in the frame.

Director Wang continued working in that direction, and only after the new traction point was firmly in place did Lin Ye turn his gaze downwards.

Before long, a layer of water mist rose in front of the camera.

Lin Ye first removed the camera, the scrub nurse wiped the mirror with gauze, and then he put it back in the direction it had been left in.

The camera pans past the cecal wall and quickly stops at the base of the appendix.

Dr. Wei's forceps had already entered from the left side, while Director Wang's instruments were waiting on the other side.

Lin Ye brought both sides back into the frame, without making the people on stage stop and wait for him to find their positions.

Director Wang then looked up at him.

"continue."

Lin Ye stabilized his wrist.

As the process neared completion, Director Wang used his instruments to lift the surrounding tissues aside.

Lin Ye lowered the angle from the outside of the cecum, and the lower edge of the root was exposed in the picture. Director Wang could already see the position he wanted to see.

That's enough.

The circulating nurse gently pushed the camera cable aside from the side.

Lin Ye narrowed his gaze, and the bottom edge of the screen was still clearly visible.

The anesthesiologist glanced at the monitor and reported, "Blood pressure and heart rate are stable."

Director Wang responded, his gaze remaining fixed on the screen.

After the appendix was placed into the retrieval bag, Director Wang reviewed the treated area again under the endoscope, while Dr. Wei gently moved aside the surrounding tissue.

Lin Ye zoomed out a bit, not focusing the camera on the surgical instruments. Director Wang nodded after watching.

"ending."

The scrub nurse and circulating nurse began to count the instruments and gauze.

Director Wang removed the last instrument, and Dr. Wei finished treating the slightly larger puncture hole around the navel. He then raised his hand and placed the needle holder in front of Lin Ye.

"You take care of the skin."

Director Wang was still standing next to the incision when he saw him looking over, and then added, "Align the edges first, don't sew too tight."

"it is good."

Lin Ye took the needle holder.

The incision was small, and the skin edges were held open by small retractors, while the deeper layers had already been treated.

He inserted the needle under Director Wang's gaze, the needle tip passing through both sides of the skin edge without immediately tying a knot.

When I tried to tighten the first stitch, the lower edge of the skin retracted slightly inward.

Director Wang gently picked at it with the tip of tweezers.

"Check the edges first, don't rush to pack it up."

Lin Ye loosened the coil slightly, realigned the two sides of the skin edge, and only tied the first knot securely after confirming that there was no inward curl.

The scrub nurse cut the end of the suture and handed over another suture.

The second stitch is tightened and knotted, and the scrub nurse cuts the end of the thread.

After the incisions were neatly joined together, Director Wang took a step back.

Director Wang glanced at the skin edge again to make sure it hadn't rolled back in, before signaling Lin Ye to hand the needle holder back.

"Okay, apply the dressing."

After the dressing is secured, the anesthesiologist discontinues the anesthetic according to the progress of the surgery and prepares to wake the patient.

Lin Ye stepped back and handed the needle holder back to the instrument table.

The circulating nurse handed over the on-call record folder.

Lin Ye only filled in two items in the participation content: two-aid mirror and skin suturing.

Director Wang glanced at it and wrote his name in the "Guiding Physician" column.

The operating room door opened, and the patient's wife was still sitting on the bench outside.

The phone screen was lit up; Aunt Wang had just sent a voice message, but she hadn't opened it yet.

Upon seeing Director Wang come out, she immediately stood up.

"Are you done?"

"It's done." Director Wang stopped in front of her. "Send her to the post-anesthesia recovery room first, and transfer her to a ward once she's fully awake. We'll discuss the specifics of when she should drink water and get out of bed after the ward doctor has examined her."

The woman nodded repeatedly.

"I'll have Aunt Wang take care of the child for now, so we won't have to come here."

"That's good." Director Wang glanced towards the operating room. "Don't silence your phone. Come over when the nurse calls."

She then clicked on the voice message.

First came a child's drawn-out shout, followed by Aunt Wang's lowered voice: "We've picked them up, and they've had their meal. You can go about your business now."

After listening, the woman raised her hand to wipe the corner of her eye, then pressed the voice button again.

"Dad's had surgery. You eat with Aunt Wang first, and I'll video call you when Dad wakes up."

After sending the message, she locked her phone, stepped back two paces to the bench, and cleared the way for the operating room door.

The stretcher was pushed out of the door. The patient was not fully awake yet, and the anesthesiologist and nurses stood guard on both sides.

Lin Ye stood aside and watched it turn towards the anesthesia recovery room.

Back in the changing room, Lin Ye changed out of his scrubs and just as he took his phone out of the cabinet, messages from Ma Hao popped up one after another.

"Brother Ye, Brother Ye, good news!"

"The HR notification has come down; go and complete the formalities tomorrow morning."

Half a minute later, another message appeared.

"Don't eat at the cafeteria tonight. Call Chen Kai; it's time to pay him back for that meal I owe him."