Chapter 1506. What Is Gretel Dawdling About? It’s Been a Long Time!

From the perspective of treating young dragons, Gretel is reluctant to use Noctis as a research subject——

If it is too big, the energy is too strong, and the cost of examination will be too high. To perform CT scan on a young dragon, the magic light source used is only level 7 to 8 at most (young dragons can even have level 5, damn it!);

But giving Noctis a CT scan?

Not to mention that the length has increased by ten times and the volume has increased by N times, this light source has to start at the legendary level! The basic level of Legend is not good enough. I conservatively estimate that it will be around level 23 or 4...

Grete would not have been able to do this examination if he had not borrowed Elder Batista's collection on the grounds of "relieving the dragons from their illnesses and solving their fertility problems, which would be beneficial to the entire dragons."

Not to mention nuclear magnetic resonance. To do nuclear magnetic resonance for adult dragons and mature dragons, the energy consumed would be lost in the ocean.

To do an MRI on him, Gretel would have to go to greet him level by level, and all the large and medium-sized experiments in the entire Mage Tower would have to stop...

This is the energy consumed by the mage tower, which is supplied by the magic crystal mine in Andre's territory. The Dragon Clan directly settles with the father-in-law.

If the mage tower directly charges treatment fees, Gretel will have to calculate the energy cost to levels 17, 28, or 28 according to the electricity price...

What's more, the body structures of adult dragons and young dragons are not necessarily the same - just like pediatrics is a specialized subject, the anatomy of adults cannot be applied to infants and young children in proportion.

In other words, it is very likely that he scanned and tested for a long time, but the data he finally got was unusable, and it might even lead him in the wrong direction.

If he hadn't taken this opportunity to collect a large amount of dragon body data, he wouldn't have wanted to scan Noctis again!

But having said that, it’s not him who generates the energy anyway, so the scan will be done. Grete carried Xiao Long into the laboratory first, and the high-precision CT scan was performed again, and again.

Well, the CT done before was probably done after the child's stomach was emptied, and the hernia sac was not caught protruding above the diaphragm; this time, we need to do it in a different way!

"Noctis, have you brought anything to eat? Come, give the child a meal. Let's make it full. Let's do it again!"

"What should I do if my child feels uncomfortable? What should I do if I have heartburn or cough?"

"It's okay, I'm here!"

Grete is confident. Heartburn and coughing are nothing more than gastroesophageal reflux. A small part of the stomach is herniated into the chest, irritating the nerves. Throw a painkiller in there and solve all problems!

In previous lives, some examinations would irritate the patient, causing severe or not-so-severe pain, but they had to be performed and the patient had to keep quiet.

This is how the medical staff handles it. For example, before pushing the person into the CT room, they give an injection of 654-2...

The child successfully completed the CT scan. This time, Gretel clearly saw the hernia sac in the three-dimensional reconstruction picture calculated by Talling:

"Well...a small part of the stomach is herniated into the chest...in the chest, around the stomach is...this is...yes, it should be fat! It's omental fat!"

He slapped his thigh hard and raised his voice. On the right side, the copper dragon Noctis, who was looking at the three-dimensional image with his head tilted, almost inserting his head into it, turned his head and looked at him blankly:

"...What are you talking about? What is it? Where did the stomach enter the chest?"

Gretel has devoted all his energy to three-dimensional images. He drew with his fingertips, marking one red line after another in the three-dimensional image, while constantly communicating with Taling:

"Taling, label the hernia sac of the hiatal hernia, in bright yellow!"

"Ta Ling, measure the diameter of the hole in all directions!"

"Ta Ling, mark the relationship between the hernia sac and surrounding tissues, mark the surrounding omentum fat layer, mediastinum, pleura, esophagus, blood vessels, and the location of each tissue!"

"Ta Ling, mark the location of the liver, hepatic ligament, and hepatic blood vessels..."

Orders were issued one by one, and the colors on the three-dimensional image projected by the tower spirit changed again and again. Noctis walked around from left to right, then from right to left, standing on tiptoes, lowering his head, leaning down, and raising his head, trying to look from all directions.

He still wanted to ask, but Serila grabbed him and dragged him out of the research room:

"Let's go! Gretel is deciding on a diagnosis and treatment plan. He has no time to talk to you at this time. He doesn't have time to answer any questions you ask! Let's go and take care of your child. After he has finished researching, you can ask any questions later. !”

However, until nightfall, Gretel did not come to answer his questions or explain the treatment plan to him. The next day, the entire Mage Tower was shut down for a day. Gretel did a full body scan for the copper dragon Noctis;

On the third day, the Mage Tower continued to shut down. The wife of the copper dragon Noctis, the mother of this young patient, scanned her whole body...

"Is there a third one?"

In the restaurant, the conjuration and necromancy magicians whispered quietly.

The Curse Department was busy studying the energy changes of dragon eggs, and the Necromancy Department was busy transforming the dependents. The daily experiment schedule was full, and it was suddenly stopped for two days, which was quite uncomfortable.

Even if the Plague Lord is extremely important to Black Crow Swamp and deserves to be worshiped without limit, they still inevitably talk about it quietly behind their backs...

"What's wrong with stopping the experiment for a few days! What's wrong with stopping the experiment for a few days!" On this point, the Change Department has different opinions:

"Detailed whole-body scans of dragons! Detailed images of adult and mature dragons! What rare data! For this data, let alone two days of experimentation, so what if we stop it for two years!"

In the past, they had to get Yinlong's physical data - even the appearance, weight, etc., and they had to spend money to rent a house, spend money to treat guests, use their brains, and take chances.

Even if the data scanned by Gretel cannot be directly owned by them, under certain conditions and at a certain price, they can still be used!

Sure enough, as long as they are not my girlfriend, other dragons can be scanned and used for research...

Unfortunately, there is currently no third adult dragon or above, and the entire Mage Tower needs to be scanned at the cost of stopping the experiment;

Fortunately, a batch of dragon beasts, pseudo-dragons, and various sub-dragons were continuously sent to the hospital...

The dragon beast cannot be harmed, but it can be used for CT, MRI, blood drawing, and various examinations. Pseudodragons, as long as they are not too wasteful and occasionally dissect a few, no dragon clan will feel sorry for them.

It's not their kind anyway.

Gretel inspected a batch of dragon beasts, then a batch of pseudo-dragons and sub-dragons, and practiced on the sub-dragons several times.

——It is good to have a powerful tower spirit. Based on CT and MRI scans, you can use [Silent Phantom] to create a simulated form for Gretel to simulate surgery repeatedly.

Develop a plan, simulate it, modify it; simulate it again, and modify it again. After doing it seven or eight times, practice on a live pseudo-dragon about the same size as a copper dragon hatchling.

After practicing back and forth several times, I finally reported to the copper dragon Noctis:

"Treatment can begin."

"Can...can you not get a hole in your stomach?"

Noctis and his wife have been tossing and turning these days, worrying about all kinds of things. After listening to the operation process, I still couldn’t help but ask:

"For example, let's stick the vine through the esophagus?"

"...This really can't be done." Grete inhaled and exhaled, readjusted the magic light and shadow, and explained to him again:

"You see, the esophageal hiatus is on the diaphragm, outside the esophagus, not inside the esophagus. To push the vine through the esophagus means to make a hole in the esophagus, or simply cut it off - this approach will cause greater surgical damage.

Or, let the incorporeal little snake go in, partially turn into a physical entity in the child's body, and perform operations, and I will use healing techniques to coordinate with it—"

"That won't work." The older copper dragon shook his head quickly:

"Even if it is incorporeal, it is too strong and puts too much pressure on the child's spirituality. Just use vines!"

After Grete personally watched the baby dragon and fasted food and water for a day to allow the stomach to empty, the hiatal hernia repair operation officially began. Serila, as an assistant, used the levitation technique to make the young dragon face up to the sky, floating on a mass of invisible air.

Gretel took matters into his own hands and made a small hole under the mid-clavicular line of the young dragon's right hand and under the xiphoid process, and inserted a vine as thin as a hair into it.

The soft vines divide into two, two into four, and four into eight, and expand bit by bit, stretching, separating, and expanding the organs without establishing pneumoperitoneum.

After wandering for a moment, the vines under the midline of the right clavicle quietly parted. It enters from the lower edge of the right costal arch, close to the wall of the round ligament of the liver, and goes deep into it, turning into an intricate green network that lifts up the dark red organs little by little.

"What's this?"

"It's the liver. The left lobe of the liver." Gretel's voice was soft and thin, as if he was afraid of disturbing the organs in the child's body. He almost spoke in a breathy voice:

"Serila, remember, if you go in from this direction, the esophageal hiatus will most likely be covered by the liver. You need to lift up the left lobe of the liver to reveal the surgical field——

But the liver is very fragile, so you need to be very careful when handling it, try to make it bear the force evenly, and lift it gently and slowly. Otherwise, various side injuries such as liver tear, bleeding, hepatic capsular hematoma or bile leakage may easily occur..."

As he spoke, Carlos and Anivea behind him were brushing their records, fearing that they might miss a word.

The secret eye took advantage of the situation and moved forward, and indeed saw the esophagus penetrating into the abdominal cavity in the space below the left lobe of the liver.

Grete concentrated slightly, mobilized the magic power, and condensed a magic trick into the belly of the young dragon. He smeared it and marked various locations:

"You remember, there are no blood vessels in the visceral surface of the left outer lobe of the liver and the hepatogastric ligament, so it is safer to operate here. So we open a window here, separate the peritoneum in front of the esophagus, and fully free the lateral and posterior walls of the esophagus …”

Where are the organs, where are the ligaments, where are the blood vessels, and where are the vagus nerve trunks on the posterior wall of the esophagus.

Everyone has seen the three-dimensional images created by CT and MRI before, and they can see which one is which. However, when it comes to laparoscopy, the lens is full of blood and it is still not clear at all.

Young doctors will never be able to act alone. You can only start by laying down your hands and holding the mirror, and listen to the continuous guidance of the teacher, and gradually become familiar with the anatomical structure, and become familiar with the situation when the mirror is inserted...

"Okay! I saw the esophageal hiatus!"

Outside the operating room, the copper dragon Noctis and his wife stood side by side. Sometimes they held hands tightly and were next to each other, and sometimes they let go and walked around.

His powerful mental power allowed him to hear every word Gretel said and feel every movement inside. After hearing this, I finally couldn't help but complain:

"Why did it take me so long to see the esophageal hiatus! What are they trying to do!"