There were severe adhesions around the gallbladder, wrapped in the omentum and a capsule formed by exudative inflammation, without any clear view of its anatomical structure,
Zheng Ren continued making two incisions—one below the xiphoid process and another two centimeters below the costal margin on the anterior axillary line—without hesitation after observing the condition of the peritoneal cavity through the laparoscopic camera.
Liu Tianxing smiled disdainfully as, in his opinion, Zheng Ren's consecutive movements had a completely different meaning.
Most experienced surgeons would give up on laparoscopic surgery and resort to open cholecystectomy after seeing such severe adhesions.
The operative view in open surgery was more direct, after all.
Watching Zheng Ren's dexterous finger movements and blunt separation techniques with a pair of hemostatic forceps, Liu Tianxing did not doubt that the man could complete an open cholecystectomy.