I can pick up a famous pet in Chinese history

Chapter 138 Surgery
"It's not that bad."

After seeing the wound, Xu Xing said to the director.

"The one who stepped on it was an adult giraffe, which was too heavy." The head of the garden sighed.

The giraffe is currently being placed in an empty room and has not yet been secured.

Xu Xing and the others didn't dare to step forward to check, if they were kicked, they would either die or be disabled.

After waiting for more than two hours, the baby giraffe was fixed in place by the zoo staff using scaffolding, and Xu Xing and the others stepped forward to check the situation.

The bones of giraffes are very thick, and it takes a lot of force to break them, that is, animals such as adult giraffes or elephants can do it.

It had a dislocation fracture of the metatarsal bone of its left hind limb, and the broken end of the metatarsal bone could be clearly seen from the outside.

And because of environmental sanitation, there are a lot of dirty things in the wound, if the infection is not dealt with in time, it will be difficult to treat.

This little giraffe was stepped on in the morning, and it has been 5 hours now, and I can only pray that there is no infection.

Bone infections are difficult to treat because drugs are transported through the blood.

But at the broken bone, there are no blood vessels to transport blood, which will lead to bacterial growth that cannot be dealt with.

Affect recovery from surgery.

Xu Xing asked Li Yingqi to open the toolbox and immediately cleaned Xiaolu's wound.

After rinsing with a large amount of normal saline, the wound was finally much cleaner.

Then wash down with plenty of bromogermine, making sure every inch of the wound is rinsed.

Finally, Xu Xing poured antibiotic powder into the wound and bones evenly.

The wound is then carefully wrapped with gauze.

After all this was done, more than an hour passed.

After making sure the wound was clean and tidy, Xu Xing said to the dean: "Dean, please arrange for someone to clean up the ground and keep it tidy."

After hearing this, the dean immediately asked someone to come over and clean it up.

When washing just now, a lot of liquid flowed on the ground, mixed with the dirt on the ground, and the ground became muddy.

Now it is necessary to keep the ground dry and clean, which is a key to whether the wound can heal.

It took the staff half an hour to clean the ground where the giraffe was on.

Xu Xing and Li Yingqi have already adjusted the micro X-ray machine nearby and are preparing to take X-rays of the baby giraffe to determine the broken bones.

The little giraffe is very cooperative, because there is nothing you can do if you don't cooperate.

Its legs are now tied to scaffolding and it cannot move.

Xu Xing and Li Yingqi operated the X-ray machine and took a picture from different angles.

When the film appeared on the computer screen, Xu Xing still frowned.

"It's actually hurt like this." Li Yingqi said in surprise.

Xu Xing: "If you were stepped on, your bones would probably be crushed."

After measurement, the diameter of the metatarsal at the broken end of the baby giraffe was 4.5 cm, and the bones at both ends were completely dislocated fractures.

To repair, the bones at both ends must first be placed in their original positions...

This is a very huge project.

Don't look at Li Yingqi and Xu Xing who are tall, but it really takes a lot of effort to reset this bone.

After taking the X-rays, Xu Xing and the director talked about the attention to detail before the operation, and asked Li Yingqi to take a few photos before going back.

He wanted to go back with the X-rays to discuss the specific surgical plan with Ji Gang.

Ji Gang has a lot of experience and has certain attainments in orthopedics.

His plan coincides with Xu Xing's plan.

They are all fixed with large steel nails, and finally the broken ends are protected by welding.

The next day, Xu Xing took Ji Gang, Li Yingqi, and Xiao Zhu to the zoo.

This battle is indeed not small.

Normal cat and dog surgery can be done by two people.

Even as a baby, this giraffe is huge and should not be underestimated.

When you come to the ward, the first step is to shave and disinfect the giraffe.

The giraffe's hair is dense and short, and it took a while to remove all the hair near the stump.

The anesthesia for the operation is local anesthesia, because it is obviously unrealistic to anesthetize the baby giraffe.

But the effect of this method of local anesthesia is really mediocre. During the operation, Xiaolu kept shaking his legs.

There was no other way, Xu Xing had no choice but to increase the dosage of the anesthetic, which made Xiao Lu quieter.

The reset process was rather difficult. The boys Xu Xing, Li Yingqi, Ji Gang, Xiao Zhu, and Fatty took turns on stage, and it took nearly half an hour to align the two broken ends.

After the surgery, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

What comes next is relatively simple.

Ji Gang started to drill into the bone with the steel nail, which is the most critical part of the whole operation.

Drill four steel nails in a row, two at the upper and lower broken ends.

Then start welding with electric welding on the outside to form a support to hold the stump in place.

The advantage of this method can minimize the damage to the bones, but the deer cannot do too strenuous exercise.

Otherwise, the supporting steel frame may not be able to bear the weight of the deer.

The operation has been going on for more than two hours, and all procedures are over.

Now whether the deer can recover, there is only one factor that can affect... that is, no infection.

Because the giraffe's wound was previously polluted by various dirty things, although it has been cleaned and disinfected by Xu Xing, there is still the possibility of infection.

Once an infection occurs, the fawn's leg may be lost.

So Xu Xingxing told the dean repeatedly before that he must do a good job of disinfecting the environment to ensure that the place where Xiaolu lives is dry and tidy.

"Dean, observe for one to two weeks to see if the deer's wound is infected. If there is no infection, it is not a big problem."

For the next two weeks, Xu Xing would send Li Yingqi to treat the wound every day.

He will also check the situation every two days.

Two weeks later, Xu Xing opened the gauze again and found that Xiaolu's wound was dry and clean, without any sign of redness and infection.

"Little deer, little deer, you're lucky. I thought you'd lose your leg."

The deer also seemed very happy, and waggled its hooves proactively.

After Xu Xing left, he went to the tiger garden again, and saw the tiger he had pulled out its teeth from before.

See if it has changed recently.

The result disappointed him. Except for the tooth, there was no mutation anywhere in the tiger.

It seems that these variations may only occur in certain organs of certain animals.

After returning to the hospital, Xu Xing went to see the little black dog.

The female dog was completely cured of her skin disease and was taken home by her mistress.

This little black dog is the only one left with no one to adopt.

More than 20 days have passed, and the little black dog is still about the same size as before, and has barely grown.

But the hair on his back is getting less and less.

(End of this chapter)