Chapter 36 Not a Good Mage
Chen Ang's surgical position adjusted was awesome. Strange observed a clear and clean surgical field and realized that he did not notice when Chen Ang adjusted the patient's surgical posture, but the surgical field of the patient's brachial plexus can clearly observe the patient's brachial plexus nerve.
The ivory white nerves are thin like silver wires, thick like tendons, and are surrounded by film-like sheaths on the outside.
The black fungus is linear and has grown into the membrane-shaped sheath. The black fungus and nerves are entangled together. It is parasitized on the nerves. The black veins spreading on the ivory white nerves are particularly conspicuous. It is even slowly squirming, making Strange feel numb on the scalp.
The brachial plexus nerve consists of most of the fifth to eighth cervical nerve anterior branch and the first thoracic nerve anterior branch, passes through the gap between the scale muscles, walks behind the subclavian artery, and enters the axilla through the back of the clavicle.
The fibers of the five roots of the brachial plexus are first synthesized into the upper, middle and lower three stems, and the medial bundles are formed by the three stems and hair branches around the axillary artery. The branches from the bundle are mainly distributed in the upper limbs and part of the chest and the shallow dorsal muscles. However, the fungi infected with the wound have now taken root in the medial bundle, the lateral bundle and the posterior bundle. On one side, the nerves of the three stems and hair branches spread to the brain, and on the other side, the thoracic dorsal nerve, thoracic nerve, axillary nerve, myodermal nerve, median nerve, radial nerve, and ulnar nerve develop.
The main nerve roots have been infected, and the thinnest part of the fungal infection has developed towards the nerve branches of the upper thoracic limb muscles, the superficial back muscles and the deep cervical muscles.
If the fungus infects the nerve endings, the consequences will be unimaginable and the patient's entire upper limbs will be controlled by the parasite.
But now I can’t take care of the nerves of the upper limbs. Going along the third stem and the branch nerves is the most complex brain civic area of the brain. The brain civic is located at the bottom of the brain and is a complex area where the brain, brain stem and cerebellum intersect. The nerve activity here is so complex and precise, it is the most important and deadly area of the human body.
It can be said that although surgery in the cerebral cortex and brain lobe is also very important, even if the operation fails or some brain tissue is accidentally removed, it doesn’t matter much. The patient will not die immediately. At most, he will have some sequelae of dazedness, mental retardation, and slow reaction. At worst, it becomes a vegetable (vegetative), and it can be long time for the attending physician to separate the relationship.
There is enough time and reason to let the doctor use various excuses to shirk responsibility.
Therefore, this part of the brain has been used as various important medical breakthroughs, such as the infamous anterior lobe removal surgery in the last century. The mentally ill people who have been removed from most of the anterior lobes of the brain live very healthy. And they are quiet and docile like small animals, so this surgery is known as the dawn of curing mental illness.
This sensational result was until people discovered that mentally ill patients were no longer sick because they lost their ability to get sick because they became semi-vegetative humans, the most essential thinking that distinguished humans from other animals was deprived of! When this treatment mechanism was discovered, this surgery was declared illegal.
However, the brain cistern and brain lobes, which can be used to make results in the last century, were different. Before microscopic nerve surgery was created, it was called a forbidden area, and the mortality rate of using a knife here is basically equivalent to a terminal illness.
It is also because microneural surgery breaks through the cerebral foci forbidden area that it is qualified to be called the crown of surgical operations.
As a former neurosurgeon who is proud of his career, deeply honored, and has devoted his life to his career. He knows that his hands were disabled in a car accident and has to be transferred to a legal profession. Of course, he knows the difficulty of this position. Judging from the danger of fungi parasitism in the nerves, once it spreads to the brain cistern area, with the enrichment of neurotics there, it can basically be declared that rescue is invalid.
He had to remind Chen Ang, "We must first stop it from spreading to the cerebellar medulla and anterior medulla, once it reaches the cerebellar medulla and anterior medulla, it can infect the brainstem and brain nerve plexus and the lower part can spread to the spine. If it is infected to this level, there is basically no help!"
Chen Ang, however, observed the mycelium calmly and said, "It's okay!"
Strange said nervously: "We have to grab the time... Are you still in the mood to say 'It's okay'?"
Chen Ang replied slowly: "It's really good... the fungi did not develop nerve plexus, they are still simple neural structures. It can be seen that parasitizes the human nerves, allowing it to imitate the human nerve structure, but it has not continued to develop... It's really a blessing. This time I've calculated it!"
Strange was very anxious as he watched the fungus spread on his nerves. Out of confidence in his professionalism, he had to question: "I think the situation is very bad... Once the fungus in the brain, we can declare the patient dead!"
"Young man, be calm. The situation is not as bad as you think!" Chen Ang said calmly.
Strange jumped anxiously: "Isn't this the worst? We sit and watch things move to the worst, what's worse than this?"
"In my surgical career, this is quite simple!" Chen Ang sighed: "There are many more unlucky people than it. For example, the discovery of nerve plexus on infected fungi proves that fungi not only can only make simple neural reactions, but can 'think' and carry out complex neural activities...that's a more difficult situation."
“It will react more complicatedly to your behavior.”
Strange understood Chen Ang's words, and it was because he understood that he felt fear. Once the fungus can carry out complex neural activities, the most optimistic situation is also "smart" than a brain parasite. They have no idea about this fungal parasite, do not know what reaction it will respond to external stimuli, and do not know what stimuli will cause to it by related drugs.
Strange couldn't help but sweat and said, "This is really a worse situation!"
"That's what!" Chen Ang sneered: "Don't forget that these fungi come from a highly intelligent alien race. Before the surgery, I was ready to develop a complex nervous system. The better ones are the IQ of dogs, and the worse ones can reach the level of a six-year-old child like a dolphin. Think about it, if the fungi parasitized on the nerves have the thinking ability of a six-year-old child..."
Strange shuddered. It was an impossible operation. The operation was an extremely precise and precise task. What doctors hate the most was variables. A six-year-old child parasitizing on the patient's nerves is no longer a variable, it is simply a disaster.
Chapter completed!