In medicine, neurology has always been one of the more difficult areas, especially when it comes to spinal nerves, and the situation can become particularly complicated.

The spinal nerve endings are damaged, and the entire lower body is paralyzed, and if this happens, the doctor will tell the patient that it is basically impossible to get back on his feet.

Li Gaoliang's situation is the same, once the central nervous system cells are damaged, they cannot be regenerated, and even the most awesome doctors cannot say that connecting the broken spine can make the paralyzed person stand up again.

However, what Lu Zhou intends to use is not a conventional treatment.

A nerve signal modem is implanted at each end of the damaged segment of the spinal nerve, and the damaged nerve is covered by a neuro-mimetic device made of molybdenum/titanium alloy.

It is equivalent to building a bridge on the damaged spinal nerve, replacing the complex signal transmission between neurons and cells through electrical signals, and using the "translators" at both ends to realize the translation of electrical signals and nerve signals, and controlling the titanium alloy skeleton with built-in electric drive device to achieve the effect of restoring the motor function of the patient's legs.

At the same time, in order to maximize the recovery of the recipient's motor ability and prolong the shelf life of this nerve access prosthesis, the titanium alloy skeleton used in his legs was jointly designed by the Institute of Computational Materials and the Institute of Mechanical Engineering of Jinling Institute for Advanced Study.

If the cost is calculable, the unit price per gram is more than $2,000 on average, and a kilogram is at least $2 million.

Counting the value of the neural access equipment itself, the cost of this complete set of equipment is almost catching up with that of a main battle tank......

However, there is nothing wrong with such a metaphor, after this transformation, almost more than half of the parts of his entire lower body have been replaced with machinery, although it is certainly not as exaggerated as the terminator in the movie, but after he can fully adapt to this transformation, there is no problem with his athleticism and reflexes to complete ordinary people.

in the operating room.

The anesthesiologist is ready for anesthesia and is ready to start administering the medication.

The chief surgeon, who had already put on gloves, took out the tools used for the operation, glanced at Li Gaoliang before the operation began, and asked seriously.

"Are you ready?"

Li Gaoliang, who was lying on the operating table, nodded his chin calmly.

"Ready, let's get started."

All preparations were in place and the surgery began quickly.

Standing outside the door of the operating room, Wang Peng took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, but quickly snuffed out the cigarette and threw it into the trash.

After pacing back and forth for two steps, he couldn't help but look at Lu Zhou who was sitting on the bench and asked.

"Do you think this operation will be successful?"

Shaking his head, Lu Zhou simply said: "There is no 100% certainty, I can only say that I have done my best to minimize the risk." ”

In order to ensure that the operation was foolproof, Star Technology specially invited the most experienced surgeon from Shangjing, and used the 1:1 model model to practice countless times before the operation began.

However, even so, Lu Zhou has no way to guarantee that there will be no accidents during the operation.

Wang Peng nodded, didn't say anything, just stared at the door of the operating room silently, clenched his fists, and silently prayed for the safety of his former comrades-in-arms in his heart.

The procedure was very long.

The original plan was to end at 6:00 p.m., but it dragged on until 3:00 a.m.

Sitting on the bench at the door of the operating room dozing, he was suddenly woken up by the sound of the door of the operating room being pushed open, looking at the chief surgeon who came out of the operating room, Lu Zhou didn't say a word, stood up and stepped forward to ask.

"How's it going? Did the surgery go well? ”

Taking off the mask on his face, the chief surgeon looked at Lu Zhou with a tired look and nodded.

"The operation was basically a success...... As for whether it will work, we will have to wait until the patient wakes up. ”

Hearing the words of the chief surgeon, Lu Zhou finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his hanging heart relaxed.

Wang Peng, who was standing next to him, finally let go of his clenched fists, looked at the doctor gratefully and said.

"Thank you!"

"You don't need to thank me, the main thing is the patient's own physical fitness, to be honest, this is the first time I have done such a messy operation...... Connecting the spinal nerves, I've never heard of it before. ”

When he said this, the chief surgeon also had an emotional expression on his face.

Although for the people outside the operating room, the result of the operation is only a simple success or failure, but for him, as the chief surgeon, every minute of these ten hours is extremely thrilling.

After a pause, the chief surgeon spoke.

"Generally speaking, if the spinal cord is injured and the nerve fibers are severed, it cannot be regenerated, so the paralysis caused by trauma to this area is basically permanent...... If he could get back on his feet, it might be a miracle in the history of medicine. ”

"I hope we can create a miracle," Lu Zhou nodded to the chief surgeon, "You can go and rest too." ”

The surgeon smiled reluctantly.

"If you don't say it, I can't hold it anymore."

Focusing on the operating table for more than ten hours in a row, his spirit was already on the verge of limit.

……

After the surgery.

slept until the next morning, and Li Gaoliang, who was lying on the hospital bed, finally woke up from his slumber.

Although the anesthesiologist in charge is experienced and has perfect dosage control, this kind of operation near the central nervous system also takes a lot of time to eliminate the anesthetic after surgery, so that he can only open his eyes now, let alone not speak, and the whole person is like a wooden man.

After learning the news that he had come to his senses, Lu Zhou, who was at the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, immediately rushed over by car.

When he arrived at the ward, Li Gaoliang was lying on the hospital bed staring at the ceiling in a daze.

Now only his eyeballs and part of the muscles on his face can move, and after hearing the movement at the door of the ward, his eyeballs moved slightly, and he looked in the direction of Lu Zhou.

"How does it feel?"

Lee's facial muscles twitched, but his mouth still couldn't open.

“…… Sorry, I forgot you can't speak right now. Lu Zhou shook his head with a smile, paused for a moment and continued, "The operation was successful, according to the doctor, if nothing else, you can get out of bed in a week." As for whether you can adapt to your new body, it depends on how well you do your post-operative rehabilitation, but I believe that you have survived the surgery itself, and this small problem should not be a big deal. ”

The black pupils shook slightly, and Li Gaoliang didn't speak, just looked at Lu Zhou intently.

Reading that grateful color from that gaze, Lu Zhou smiled indifferently and continued.

"Anyway, it's great that you're safe."

"You can rest well these days, I won't bother you to recover, when you can get out of bed, I will come to see you again."

"I ......"

The muscles on his face twitched, Li Gaoliang barely opened his mouth, and made a sound from his throat with difficulty.

“…… Thanks, thanks. ”

"You're welcome."

Lu Zhou smiled and nodded to him.

With that, he turned and walked away.