The heart transplant surgery, led by Liang Zhaokui, took nearly half an hour longer than usual. This was because he provided running commentary and deliberately slowed down to demonstrate key steps.
The surgery, which started a little after ten in the morning, didn't end until almost five in the afternoon, lasting nearly seven hours.
For Yan Feifan, this was no small challenge.
The surgery had come up rather suddenly, so Yan Feifan hadn't made any specific preparations for it this morning.
For one, he hadn't eaten his special high-calorie, low-water breakfast for major surgeries.
If Yan Feifan had been the lead surgeon, the physical and mental exertion would have been immense, and a lot of that fluid would have been expelled as sweat.
But today, most of the liquid had pooled in his lower abdomen.
Fortunately, Yan Feifan was only an assistant surgeon and could be replaced.
