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The burly orc, his eyes red-rimmed, said, "We'll do it. If we don't survive, it's not your fault."
Jian Mo nodded. "Alright. I didn't know Chief Shu Guang's intestines were ruptured before I came. Now they have to be sewn back together. Ordinary thread won't work; I'll have to use the intestines of another animal. Do you keep any large animals here?"
Orc: "Would it be alright to use Pack-Pack Beast?"
Jian Mo breathed a sigh of relief, "That's fine. Kill the Pack-Pack Beast immediately, take out its small intestine, clean out the contents, and wash it clean for me. Also, start several fires, and if you have any unused new pots, use those to boil plenty of water; I need it."
The orc went immediately.
Jian Mo was preparing for the surgery.
Jian Mo had used protein sutures before, but they were all pre-processed sutures from major pharmaceutical companies. She had never actually used this kind before; she had only read in textbooks that people in history had used catgut sutures.
The main reason for using catgut sutures is that Shu Guang's intestines were severed. If he can survive, it's impossible to cut open his abdomen to remove the sutures after he recovers.
The protein suture, called catgut, will directly degrade into small molecule peptides and amino acids in his body and be absorbed by him, saving the step of removing the sutures.
However, all of this is predicated on his survival. If he doesn't survive, then there's nothing more to say, and it doesn't matter what kind of line is used.
The people of the Qin Sea Tribe acted swiftly to save their chieftain's life.
The intestines they brought included not only whole intestines, but also intestines cut into strips of varying thicknesses, all of which were very long.
Jian Mo gave the orc who had given her the intestines an approving look, and immediately put the intestines into the salt water to boil.
This step is for disinfection and infection prevention; as for its effectiveness, Jian Mo can only leave it to fate.
Jian Mo removed the sutures, put on clean and disinfected new clothes and gloves, and went with Wu Jiong into the cave filled with oil lamps to perform the surgery.
If you ignore the bear's enormous size, Jian Mo felt it wasn't much different from performing surgery on stray cats and dogs.
He focused intently on the surgery, while Wu Jiong stood by to ensure his safety.
Given Shu Guang's condition, we couldn't give him any more anesthetics. However, the abdominal cavity was rinsed with boiled and cooled moss-saline solution, which was somewhat effective.
If nothing else works, there's nothing more Jian Mo can do.
Whether it was because of the exceptionally difficult situation or something else, Jian Mo entered a state of flow today—a state of complete immersion and self-forgetfulness.
Under these conditions, his surgery went very smoothly.
After what seemed like an eternity, Jian Mo finally finished all the surgeries. The abdominal cavity was irrigated, the intestines were stitched up, and all the lacerations were carefully sutured layer by layer.
Jian Mo looked at the cold, ashen bear, its body barely moving, and didn't know what to say. She simply said, "Let's go out first."
His muffled voice came from under his mask. As he turned around, he staggered and almost fell to the ground.
Wu Jiong's strong arm wrapped around his waist, helping him up in time.
As the two stepped out of the cave, the people of the Qin Sea Tribe were waiting outside, watching them expectantly.
Jian Mo said, "The surgery is over. Whether Chief Shu Guang can pull through depends on the next couple of days. Everyone, go back now. One of the people in charge can stay and talk to me. I have something to discuss."
The burly man who had previously received Jian Mo and Wu Jiong stayed behind. "Doctor Jian Mo, what is it?"
Jian Mo, exhausted, stood up with the help of Wu Jiong: "It's like this, Chief Shu Guang's beast form is too big, so the thread needed is also thicker than usual. I wonder if the thread used in the surgery will break—"
He just discovered using catgut that the catgut wasn't strong enough.
If this suture were used on ordinary people or small to medium-sized animals, it would certainly be sufficient. However, Shu Guang's beast form was too large, and the tension on the wound was also too great, so the suture might not be strong enough.
The suturing of the intestines should be fine; the problem lies in the deeper tissues. He sutured them layer by layer, and the sutures in the deeper tissues are difficult to remove, so he used catgut sutures, while ordinary sutures were used for the surface layer.
Jian Mo was only worried that something might go wrong with the Deep Organization.
The burly man's face showed worry. "What should we do?"
Jian Mo said, "I remember when I was looking for Flour Grass, I saw a gray creature with a long, round tail?"
The burly man said, "Long-Tailed Beast, yes! There are a lot of Long-Tailed Beast over by the Flour Grass area."
Jian Mo: "I need you to find those Long-Tailed Beasts, the bigger the better. After you bring them back, I want to cut off their tails and extract the tendons inside to use as sutures. Just in case, we can use them directly."
The burly man nodded. "I'll send someone to look for it immediately."
Jian Mo: "Okay, let's divide the work. I'll stay here and watch over Chief Shu Guang."
When Jian Mo was in school, her textbooks talked about natural collagen sutures, which were made from the tendons in a mouse's tail.
It is said that the tendons in a rodent's tail are strong, long, and have little inflammatory reaction, making them a very high-quality suture.
He just remembered, but didn't have time to send someone to look for him.
Finding these Long-Tailed Beasts in the wild and then processing them to prepare for stitching would take too much time.
Shu Guang's condition was relatively stable for the time being. Jian Mo ate something, inquired about Jiujiu's condition, and after confirming that Jiujiu was alright, he took a nap in the cave.
Wu Jiong stayed by his side the whole time.
When the people of the Qin Sea Tribe really get moving, they move very quickly.
They brought the Long-Tailed Beast back that night.
This Long-Tailed Beast's tail is much longer than that of rodents, and when cut open, Flour Fruit contains thick and long tendons.
Jian Mo them peel the tendons, separate them into strands of different thicknesses, and steam them all for later use—when there was no rush, steaming was better than boiling the tendons directly in water.
They barely rested all night.
Shu Guang is doing alright; he has been stubbornly surviving.
Jian Mo would get up every now and then to check on him and found that he was slowly getting better.
The surgery appears to have been effective.