At 8:20 PM, the macroglossia correction surgery on a thirteen-year-old boy, led by Dr. Peng Zhanghua, had been underway for over an hour.
As the surgical assistant, Yan Feifan was performing his duties to help Dr. Peng while simultaneously comparing the doctor's techniques to the surgical plan he had simulated in his mind.
The main purpose of this surgery was to correct a tongue that was excessively wide and thick.
There were also some old scars on the tip of the boy's tongue, all self-inflicted from biting.
Over the past hour of surgery, Yan Feifan had noticed a few areas in Dr. Peng's technique that were debatable.
This was not to say Dr. Peng's methods were wrong.
It was just that, in Yan Feifan's view, his own approach would have yielded slightly better postoperative results.
However, as an observer there to learn, Yan Feifan wisely kept his suggestions to himself.
This was not the time or place for him, a junior in this context, to be making corrections.
