For a twelve-year-old boy with a small frame, transplanting an adult heart was considerably more challenging than an average heart transplant surgery. However, Lin Jie managed to complete this surgery in just three and a half hours.
This shortened the typical heart transplant surgery time by nearly an hour.
After the transplanted heart successfully resumed beating, Lin Jie stepped aside to let his surgical assistant, a deputy chief physician from the Affiliated Hospital's Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, handle the suturing and closing procedures.
Lin Jie then left the operating room with Gao Yanhong and Zeng Yang, who observed the surgery.
After briefing the patient's family on the surgery, Gao Yanhong, who was following Lin Jie closely, could not help but remark back in the preparation room, "Professor, throughout the entire surgery, I didn't see you hesitate or pause for a moment. It could be described as effortlessly fluid, completing this operation."
