Seeing the girl who had fallen to the ground, Chen Shi's face instantly darkened, and he shouted, "Yan Beichen, you're embarrassing me again!"

The girl called Yan Beichen was startled by Chen Shi's shout, her body flinched, and she hurriedly got up from the ground, clutching onto Lin Jie's clothes, turned to Chen Shi and bowed slightly, shouting, "Hello, teacher!"

Yan Beichen turned her head to look at Lin Jie, pleading pitifully, "Lin Jie, choose me as your assistant!"

"My name is Yan Beichen, and I'm a fifth-year student in the combined bachelor's, master's, and doctorate program, and Professor Chen is my mentor. I've interned in the hospital during winter and summer vacations, so I know everything. Choose me!"

Lin Jie appreciated people who proactively sought opportunities, and upon hearing that she was Chen Shi's student, he nodded and said, "In that case, you will be my second assistant!"

However, after making the decision, he entirely overlooked Chen Shi's gestures and suggestive glances!

Upon hearing this, Yan Beichen clenched both her fists in excitement and waved them forcefully! This seemed to trigger some injury from her fall, causing her to grimace in pain.

A heart transplant is a major surgery, typically involving two to three surgical assistants.

One of the surgical assistants is the chief surgeon's deputy, requiring a considerable level of surgical skill and must be capable of performing the surgery in case of an emergency.

Today's surgery was a skill demonstration assessment surgery for Lin Jie, and since the surgical subject was a sheep, such a deputy was naturally unnecessary for emergency prevention.

Therefore, Lin Jie directly appointed Luo Shanshan as his deputy, allowing the suddenly appeared Yan Beichen to be the second assistant, and called Zhang Daya over to act as the surgical nurse.

Lin Jie also needed a surgical team to take care of extracting the heart from another sheep!

He entrusted this task to Chen Shi!

When Lin Jie, Chen Shi, and others completed a quick disinfection in the adjacent room and donned their surgical gowns to reappear on the podium in the small auditorium, the newly arranged operating room was ready.

The two sheep were anesthetized, each laying supine and secured on the operating table with restraints.

After exchanging a glance with Chen Shi, Lin Jie led Luo Shanshan, Yan Beichen, and Zhang Daya straight to the main operating table on the left, while Chen Shi took one of his students to the operating table on the right.

Lin Jie first checked the data on the monitoring equipment, his gaze slowly swept over Luo Shanshan, Yan Beichen, and Zhang Daya, and he said sternly, "Although this is just a sheep, not a human, I need you to treat it as a human. Do not slack off at all, understand?"

"Understood!" Luo Shanshan and Zhang Daya spoke in unison!

Yan Beichen said somewhat nervously, "I understand too!"

Lin Jie glanced at Yan Beichen again and instructed, "Your main responsibility is to hand me the surgical instruments and sutures without delay, and especially without mistakes, got it?"

Looking at the neatly arranged dozens of surgical instruments and various types of sutures on the sterile tray beside her, Yan Beichen couldn't help but swallow hard, nodded vigorously, and said, "Rest assured, I'll do my best!"

"Now, the surgery officially begins!"

After saying this, Lin Jie extended his right hand and said, "Scalpel!"

After waiting for a moment, Lin Jie didn't receive a scalpel, his eyes suddenly sharpened, and he shouted sharply, "Scalpel!"

It was only then that Yan Beichen realized the surgery had already begun, and Lin Jie's words were directed at her. She hurriedly scrambled to pass a scalpel to Lin Jie's hand!

Once the scalpel was placed in his hand, Lin Jie immediately sensed something was wrong!

He needed a large round knife for cutting through fur and skin, but what he received was a small round knife!

Lin Jie immediately threw the scalpel in his hand to the ground and said in a cold tone, "Large round scalpel!"

At this moment, everyone in the small auditorium was silently holding their breaths, watching the surgeries of Lin Jie and Chen Shi!

The metallic clatter of the scalpel hitting the ground was particularly loud, causing everyone's hearts to tense up!

Lin Jie's action indicated that Yan Beichen had made a mistake!

This was the chief surgeon expressing severe dissatisfaction!

Yan Beichen's eyes immediately reddened, and holding back tears, she quickly handed a large round scalpel to Lin Jie!

Lin Jie cut open the sheep's fur and muscles until the sternum was exposed. He put down the scalpel and reached out again, shouting, "Bone saw!"

This time, Yan Beichen did not make a mistake. While handing the bone saw, she promptly retrieved the large round scalpel Lin Jie had put down and placed it in a separate tray for used instruments...

After watching carefully for a while, Lu Kaicheng leaned towards Chen Lili's ear and quietly explained, "Lin Jie is starting to establish an external circulation for the sheep. Well, Professor Chen has already extracted the heart from the other sheep, do you want to take a look?"

Chen Lili kept her eyes tightly shut and leaned towards Lu Kaicheng's ear, saying, "I don't dare to look, you know I'm afraid of blood. Just explain to me!"

"Hey, why did Lin Jie throw the scalpel earlier?"

Lu Kaicheng whispered, "Being a surgical assistant is not easy!"

"They must pay constant attention to the chief surgeon's actions and anticipate his next move, preparing the required instruments or medications in advance. When the chief surgeon needs them, they must be delivered to his hand immediately!"

"That girl is obviously a novice, making a mistake with the scalpel model the first time she delivered it. It's no wonder Lin Jie got angry!"

He sighed again and said, "If this kind of fatal error were made by a surgical assistant in the hospital, they would be replaced immediately, with their future in jeopardy!"

"Would it really be that serious?" Chen Lili asked with some confusion!

Lu Kaicheng gently squeezed her hand and continued, "Let me tell you, we doctors can be quite superstitious too."

"Take the doctors at the Affiliated Hospital, for example. I know a lead surgeon who chooses assistants and nurses based on whether their birthdates are compatible; there's another surgeon who selects the surgical team according to zodiac signs!"

"A serious mistake appearing right at the start of the surgery is an omen of a bad operation; no lead surgeon would be happy about it."

At this time, Lin Jie was about to remove the sheep's heart!

The structure of the sheep's heart mostly matches that of a human, with left and right atria and ventricles, four chambers, and a complete double circulation.

Lin Jie performed the operation on the sheep's heart following the procedures and surgical standards of a human heart transplant!

He skillfully excised the anterior walls of the sheep's left and right atria, while preserving the posterior walls and part of the atrial septum to anastomose with the new heart...

Ren Maoshi and Hu Yitong and other evaluation experts could clearly and comprehensively observe Lin Jie's surgical procedures via images transmitted to the computer from several cameras set up above the operating table!

Seeing Lin Jie's hands, so steady, his technique so proficient, every movement of the surgery was as smooth as flowing water, full of artistic beauty, these people showed different expressions; some had a deep look, some had eyes full of surprise, some clenched their hands, and some had a face of exploration, each with a different expression!

After removing the sheep's heart, Lin Jie took another heart from Luo Shanshan, examined it carefully, and found that Chen Shi had handled this heart quite well.

Lin Jie simply dealt with this heart briefly and then began the heart implantation work that truly tests one's foundation and skill...

Suture the left atrium continuously... anastomose the right atrium... anastomose the aorta... anastomose the pulmonary artery...

This was a long and meticulous job...

After nearly three hours, Lin Jie completed the heart implantation!

At this point, the most crucial task was to disconnect the cardiopulmonary bypass and switch to internal circulation, enabling the heart to restart!

This could be said to be the most exciting moment!

Lin Jie remained extremely calm, and as expected, without any surprises, the newly implanted heart restarted with just one electrical pacing...

After the heart had been beating for ten seconds, resounding applause immediately followed...

Matching is necessary for sheep heart transplants too, but this was just a demonstration surgery, and the survival time of the sheep need not be considered. As long as the implanted heart could restart, it indicated that Lin Jie's surgery had truly succeeded.

However, Lin Jie did not stop the surgery!

He conducted a series of checks according to the standard procedures for heart transplants and, discovering no mistakes, inserted two pacing wires into the newly transplanted heart's atrium and ventricles. He also placed drain tubes deep in the sheep's pericardial cavity and behind the sternum!

Afterward, he, along with Luo Shanshan, Yan Beichen, and Zhang Daya, counted the surgical items.

After confirming nothing was missing, Lin Jie and Luo Shanshan together closed and sutured the sheep's chest cavity!

With that, the sheep heart transplant surgery was officially concluded!

Ren Maoshi looked at Lin Jie with a somewhat complex expression and nodded, "Lin Jie, I must admit, I witnessed a textbook-perfect heart transplant surgery!"

"You... are truly worthy of the title of a medical prodigy that appears once in an era!"

With these words, the little hall erupted into a fresh round of applause and cheers that lasted several minutes before subsiding!

Once the little hall quieted down, Ren Maoshi spoke again, "The next procedure is for the seven of us judges to have a closed-door voting meeting to decide your evaluation result!"

Under the watchful eyes of Lin Jie and everyone in the little hall, Ren Maoshi, Hu Yitong, Tian Zhiyuan, and the other seven judges left the little hall together and went to another office for a closed-door discussion!

Lin Miao, Li Ting, and An Kexin, among other members of the friends and family group, immediately gathered around Lin Jie to express their congratulations!

"Alright, alright, everyone disperse, don't crowd around Lin Jie!"

Chen Shi used his loud voice to part the crowd, looking at Lin Jie with great satisfaction and teasingly said, "Kid, aren't you hurrying to the restroom, or are you going to hold it in until you're sick?"

"My kidneys are healthy!"

Lin Jie replied proudly, removing his surgical gown and walking away slowly!

Under everyone's gaze, his steps became more rapid, and finally, he jogged out of the little hall amidst laughter!

After relieving himself for a full minute in the restroom, Lin Jie felt genuinely relaxed, accompanied by an overwhelming sense of fatigue!

Leaning against the wall to rest for a while, Lin Jie slowly walked out of the restroom.

Just then, the sound of suppressed crying from the adjacent women's restroom reached Lin Jie's ears.

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