With Chen Cang's command,
All medical personnel entered a state of readiness.
"Deep venous cannulation complete!"
"Monitor ready!"
"Blood preparation complete!"
...
The anesthesiologist was not the head of the anesthesia department, but Zhou He!
Zhou He excelled at anesthesia for cardiovascular surgery and had a good grasp of patient care, and would have been the head of the department had it not been for departmental struggles.
He was personally invited by Wu Tongpu, and he also is a candidate for the anesthesia department.
The patient was kept in a lateral position, needing to expose the entire heart area for a curved incision one meter in length!
Because many thoracoabdominal aortic branches needed replacement, including intercostal arteries supplying the spinal cord, bilateral renal arteries, celiac trunk, superior and inferior mesenteric arteries, and bilateral common iliac arteries, at least six anastomoses had to be made!
