"It mainly depends on my aunt's condition. If she can maintain her current condition, it would be best to avoid surgery if possible."
"Surgery will only be considered when my aunt is critically ill and treatment is absolutely necessary."
Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction upon hearing this, for he indeed thought the same thing.
After all, the success rate of the surgery that Li Jue mentioned was too low, almost to the point of being a matter of life and death, which was really hard for him, as a father, to accept.
"Your aunt will be staying with you for a while, so please take good care of her for me!"
"No problem!"
"I will definitely treat her like my own aunt!"
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin rolled his eyes again, thinking to himself, "This is your own aunt!"
The group talked for a while in the medical room. Li Shimin asked many questions about the details of the surgery and what Li Jue needed. He then wrote everything down on paper and pen, intending to order people to start preparing as soon as he returned to Chang'an.
In fact, Li Jue didn't need much. He only needed some gold and silver, skilled craftsmen, some young people with medical experience, and some people who could write, record, and have painting skills.
After all, he only had a general idea of what he knew. To actually perform open-chest surgery, he would need at least a detailed picture of the internal organs and images such as vascular diagrams.
In later times, these things could be bought at any bookstore. But in the Tang Dynasty, they had to start from scratch, drawing stroke by stroke.
Now he only hopes that his aunt has a minor ailment like pericardial effusion and that there are no other complications.
Although the puncture procedure for pericardial effusion is also risky, it is currently the only procedure that Datang can perform with a certain success rate.
Moreover, the requirements for equipment and materials are not high, and Datang's current technological level can basically meet them.
As for testing equipment, forget about it. Even if Li Jue popularized nine-year compulsory education in the Tang Dynasty, it would still take decades to develop an X-ray machine.
Li Shimin originally planned to send the rhinoceros here and then return, but when he thought that the New Year was just around the corner, he decided to stay and not leave.
After lunch, Li Shimin urged Sizi to take a nap, and then he took Li Jue to the Xianyang County Government Office.
"Old Li, why did you bring me here?"
"I've got something good for you!"
"What good stuff?"
You'll see in a moment!
Full of anticipation, Li Jue followed Old Li to the Xianyang County Government Office, only to find a corpse lying in the main hall with its eyes wide open and tongue lolling out...
"Old... Old Li... This... This can't be the good stuff you were talking about, can it?"
"yes!"
"Didn't you say you wanted the body?"
"This person was hanged less than an hour ago, perfect for you to practice on."
"I……"
Li Jue turned and ran away, but after only a few steps, he discovered that the main hall of the county government office was slammed shut from the outside.
Then, only three people remained in the hall: him, Old Li, and a corpse with its tongue sticking out and its eyes wide open.
"Hurry up and cook it while it's hot!"
"Old Li... I'll fuck your sister, waaaaah!"
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