Chapter 781 Surgery
In medicine, neurology has always been a tricky field, especially when it comes to spinal nerves, the situation will become particularly complicated.
The end of the spinal nerve is damaged, and the entire lower body is paralyzed. If such a situation occurs, the general doctor will tell the patient that it is basically impossible to stand up again.
Li Gaoliang's situation is the same. Once the central nervous system cells are damaged, they cannot regenerate. Even the best doctor can't say that by connecting the broken spine, the paralyzed person can stand up again.
However, what Lu Zhou intends to use is not a conventional treatment method.
A nerve signal modem is respectively implanted at both ends of the damaged spinal nerve, and the damaged nerve is covered by a nerve-like sensor device made of molybdenum/titanium alloy.
It is equivalent to building a bridge on the damaged spinal nerve, replacing the complex signal transmission between neuron cells through electrical signals, and using the "translator" at both ends to realize the translation of electrical signals and nerve signals, and to control the built-in electric drive device. Titanium alloy bones, in order to achieve the effect of allowing patients to restore the movement function of their legs.
At the same time, in order to maximize the recovery of the subject's movement ability and prolong the shelf life of the nerve-connected prosthetics, the titanium alloy bones used in the legs are from the Institute of Computational Materials and Mechanical Engineering Research Institute of Jinling Institute for Advanced Study. jointly designed.
If the cost can be calculated, the average unit price per gram is more than 2,000 US dollars, and a kilogram is at least 2 million US dollars.
Counting the value of the neural access equipment itself, the cost of installing this whole set of equipment is almost as high as that of a main battle tank...
However, there is nothing wrong with such a metaphor. After this transformation, almost half of his lower body parts have been replaced with mechanical parts. Although it is certainly not as exaggerated as the Terminator in the movie, but when he can fully adapt to this transformation After that, there is no problem with ordinary people's athletic ability and reaction ability.
In the operating room.
The anesthetist has prepared the anesthesia and is ready to start administering the medication.
The chief surgeon, who had already put on gloves, took out the surgical tools, glanced at Li Gaoliang before the operation started, and asked seriously.
"are you ready?"
Li Gaoliang, who was lying on the operating table, nodded his chin calmly.
"Get ready, let's get started."
All preparations are in place and the surgery will start soon.
Standing outside the door of the operating room, Wang Peng took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, but quickly stubbed it out and threw it into the trash can.
After walking back and forth for two steps, he couldn't help looking at Lu Zhou who was sitting on the bench and asked.
"Do you think this operation can be successful?"
Shaking his head, Lu Zhou said simply, "I'm not 100% sure, I can only say that I have tried my best to minimize the risk."
In order to ensure that the operation is foolproof, Xingkong Technology specially invited the most experienced chief surgeon from Shangjing, and used the 1:1 model model to practice countless times before the operation began.
However, even so, Lu Zhou has no way to guarantee that there will be no accidents during the operation.
Wang Peng nodded, didn't say anything, just stared at the door of the operating room silently, clenched his fists, and silently prayed for the safety of his former comrades-in-arms in his heart.
The operation process is very long.
The original plan was to end at 6:00 pm, but it dragged on until 3:00 am.
Dozing off on the bench at the door of the operating room, he was suddenly woken up by the sound of the door being pushed open. Looking at the surgeon who came out of the operating room, Lu Zhou stood up and asked road.
"How is the situation? Is the operation going well?"
Taking off the mask on his face, the chief surgeon looked at Lu Zhou tiredly and nodded.
"The operation is basically considered a success... As for whether it works, we will not know until the patient wakes up."
Hearing the words of the chief surgeon, Lu Zhou finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart was relieved.
Wang Peng, who was standing next to him, finally let go of his clenched fist, looked at the doctor gratefully and said.
"thanks!"
"You don't need to thank me, the main reason is that the patient's own physical fitness has passed the test. To be honest, it's the first time I've done such a messy operation...I've never heard of spinal nerve matching before."
When he said this, the chief surgeon also had an expression of emotion on his face.
Although for the people outside the operating room, the result of the operation is only a simple word of success or failure, but for him as the surgeon, every minute of these ten hours was extremely thrilling.
After a pause, the chief surgeon spoke.
"Generally speaking, if the spinal cord is injured and the nerve fibers are severed, it cannot regenerate, so the paralysis caused by the trauma in this area is basically permanent... If he can really stand up again, it may become A miracle in the history of medicine."
"I hope we can create a miracle," Lu Zhou nodded to the chief surgeon, "Go and rest soon."
The chief surgeon forced a smile.
"If you don't tell me, I can't hold it anymore."
Concentrating on the operating table for more than ten hours in a row, his spirit has long been on the verge of its limit.
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After surgery.
Li Gaoliang slept until the next morning, and Li Gaoliang, who was lying on the hospital bed, finally woke up from his lethargy.
Although the doctor in charge of anesthesia is experienced and has perfect control over the dose, it takes a lot of time to eliminate the postoperative anesthesia for this kind of operation near the central nervous system, so that he can only open his eyes now. Eyes, not to mention unable to speak, the whole person is placed there like a wooden man.
After learning the news that he was awake, Lu Zhou, who was at the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, immediately drove over by car.
When he arrived at the ward, Li Gaoliang was lying on the bed staring at the ceiling in a daze.
Now, only his eyeballs and some muscles on his face can move. After hearing the movement at the door of the ward, his eyeballs moved slightly and looked in Lu Zhou's direction.
"How does it feel?"
Li Gaoliang's facial muscles twitched, but his mouth still couldn't open.
"...Sorry, I forgot that you can't speak now." Lu Zhou shook his head with a smile, paused for a moment and continued, "The operation was very successful. According to the doctor, if there are no accidents, you will be able to go to the hospital in a week. Bed. As for whether you can adapt to your new body, it depends on how well your postoperative rehabilitation is done, but I believe that you have survived the operation itself, so this small problem should not be a big deal.”
The black pupils shook slightly, Li Gaoliang didn't speak, just looked at Lu Zhou intently.
Read that touch of gratitude from that line of sight, Lu Zhou smiled indifferently, and continued.
"Anyway, it's great that you're safe and sound."
"You can take a good rest these days, and I won't disturb your recovery. When you can get out of bed, I will come to see you again."
"I……"
The muscles on his face twitched, Li Gaoliang barely opened his mouth, and made a sound from his throat with difficulty.
"……thanks."
"You're welcome."
Lu Zhou smiled and nodded to him.
After that, he turned and walked away.