Chapter 278

In the sterile operating room, Thompson and a group of aides stand under shadowless lights in disposable surgical suits.

The central position around them was Luo Jincheng, who had been in a coma for a long time. After Zhang Heng got out of danger, he was completely in a vegetative state. At this time, his body was already emaciated, and he was in a state of weakness. Saliva flowed out from the corners of his mouth from time to time. Now, after he was given the anesthetic, he had fallen into a deep sleep.

At this time, he was lying on an operating table, his whole body was fixed up, and his head was in the air by the alloy frame that would be used for brain replacement surgery.

There was a dignified atmosphere in the whole operating room. The automatic surgical machine was pushed in. One of the assistants calmly disinfected the surgical equipment, while the other assistants prepared brain culture medium and checked all the instruments and drugs that might be needed.

All this is clearly shown on the HD cameras in the four corners of the operating room.

At this moment, Zhang Heng was sitting in front of the screen, looking at everything in the operating room. Seeing that the people were almost ready, he opened his mouth to the microphone and asked, "Professor Thompson, what is the success rate of this operation?"

"Less than 10 percent." Thompson's pale face, as the chief surgeon, he was in a state of preparation from the beginning, and then sat in the rest chair to recuperate. It was a long battle. At this time, hear the speaker in Zhang Heng's inquiry, immediately opened his mouth.

"From his CT images, his brain damage is more serious than I expected, you'd better not hold too much hope."

Zhang Heng suddenly speechless, "is it so serious?" Although has the psychological preparation, but Luo Jincheng's illness severity or surpasses his imagination.

"A person has about 10 billion brain cells, each brain cell has about hundreds of brain nerves, each nerve has about hundreds of synapses, and each synapse has hundreds to thousands of proteins." Thompson explained faintly, "a brain cell is about the same as a large computer, and a synapse is about the same as a chip of a computer. It can be easily calculated that the human brain is equivalent to hundreds of billions of chips or trillions of chips. In this patient, the number of brain cells damaged exceeds 30%, which is equivalent to tens of billions of chips burned by the computer. Do you think it is serious? "

"Isn't it that the human brain is adaptable?" Half of the eyebrows were removed because of epilepsy

"Yes, the human brain is really adaptable," Thompson nodded and sighed. "There are 1000 nerve cells in the brain every hour, and nearly 9 million nerves lose function in a year, but even so, the brain still works. The main reason is that the brain has enough reserve forces, but now his brain damage, that is, even the reserve force has been damaged

Zhang Heng was completely speechless. He thought, "is there a way to stimulate the potential of the brain? Can repair the brain trauma, and restore the state it used to be? "

"No, not even the T virus." Thompson shook his head. "Brain injury is not irreparable, but at least two elements are needed: one is the damage can be controlled; the other is to try to be timely. Brain cells will die irreversibly after 6 minutes of hypoxia. Once the damage is too serious, even if the surgical equipment is too serious, it is impossible for God to do things."

At this time, an assistant has already shaved off all Luo Jincheng's hair. After disinfecting with alcohol, he covers the surgical cloth, revealing only Luo Jincheng's heavenly cover. Then he began to carefully draw dotted lines on Luo Jincheng's bare head. This operation needs to open the whole skull of Luo Jincheng and expose the whole brain.

"Professor Thompson, the venous access has been set up and we are ready." An assistant reported.

"Well, prepare for craniotomy." Thompson nodded and stood up. At this time, the automatic surgical equipment had been set up on Luo Jincheng's bare head. Thompson went to the back of the equipment and gave the order to scan the brain.

All of a sudden, a large number of mechanical arms swayed on their own. Those manipulators took the initiative to monitor Luo Jincheng's head, and then "saw" the dotted line drawn by his assistant. After several times of confirmation, a dark blue laser suddenly poked out from one of the mechanical arms, quickly drew along the imaginary line, and then completely extinguished!

"Hi..."

The smoke was blue, and the operating room was filled with the smell of barbecue, but all of them looked as usual. One of the assistants carefully inserted a tool into the laser cut scalp and gently lifted it up. All of a sudden, Luo Jincheng's skull was opened, revealing the pink meninges.

Then, the assistant stepped back and another quickly stepped forward and stuck one disposable hemostatic forceps on the scalp incision. Although the wounds were all burnt, there was no guarantee that no blood would flow out into the cranial cavity.

Then, the automated surgical equipment is activated again, and that layer of meningeal layer is removed. At this time, the cerebral cortex is completely exposed.

The next step is to rely on automatic surgical equipment. Row upon row of scanning lasers are used to repair the damaged parts of the brain. Those broken nerve bundles and blood vessels, as well as some blood clots and cysts, need to be cleaned up, and even some severely damaged necrotic areas need to be removed."Pay attention to the patient's blood pressure and don't blindly trust the surgical equipment. When I was doing the experiment, there was a time when the surgical equipment caused massive bleeding in the experimental body. Therefore, even the surgical equipment may be wrong."

"The patient's brain wave is increasing, is the anesthetic effect reduced? Continue to increase the injection dose, I don't want the patient to wake up during the operation. "

Thompson and his assistants began to get busy. This kind of brain repair surgery is basically impossible in reality. Even if hundreds of people can't play, now relying on automatic surgical instruments makes brain repair possible. Although the success rate is still not high, it is always much better than not being able to succeed at all.

This operation is planned to last for dozens of hours. During this period, Luo Jincheng's brain will be immersed in brain culture medium. Thompson is required to crush some too complicated places. His role is to deal with emergencies that cannot be handled by automatic surgical equipment. As a scientist who initially used automatic surgical equipment, he Has accumulated a wealth of experience

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