Peking Union Medical College is known for its Western medicine, but it is the top comprehensive hospital in the country after all, and its Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine also has many patients.
Moreover, most of these patients are transferred to the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine after being disappointed with Western medicine.
Li Benyuan and Zhu Qilin each drew a medical record for their opponent.
Li Benyuan drew a patient with bone arthritis.
Bone bi is the term used in traditional Chinese medicine, and it is called bone hyperplasia in Western medicine.
The patient's lesion is in the waist, commonly known as lumbar disc herniation.
Patients experience dull pain in the joints, and difficulty in bending, flexing, extending, turning, and sitting up. The pain worsens when the limb position is changed, and is slightly relieved after a few moments of activity, but the symptoms worsen with excessive activity. The pain is most obvious in the morning when getting up or standing up after sitting for a long time, and is characterized by soreness, numbness, swelling, and pain, which lingers and recurs repeatedly.
In addition to lumbar pain, stiffness, and inflexibility, the patient also has pain in both calves, accompanied by numbness, heaviness, and weakness in the affected limbs.
The knee is difficult to flex and extend and the pain is unbearable.
It is also accompanied by symptoms of kidney deficiency and aversion to wind, cold and dampness.
There would be no problem with the diagnosis made by Peking Union Medical College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. After reading the medical records and interviewing the patient, Li Benyuan and an elderly man from Japan beside him both nodded and confirmed that the patient was indeed suffering from bone arthritis.
Li Benyuan smiled and said, “In our country, this type of patients are generally treated with intervertebral fusion and interlaminar fenestration nucleus pulposus removal.
It's a pity that China probably doesn't have the corresponding technology, so the patient has to stay in the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department for treatment."
His words seemed like a joke, but in fact they were a slap in the face to China's medical system.
Isn’t it just a satire on our poor and backward medical care?
The leader of the reception group quietly asked the domestic Western medicine expert standing nearby.
The Western medicine expert confirmed that we did not have the ability to perform the two operations mentioned by Li Benyuan. The leader's face changed and he seemed very dissatisfied.
The Chinese experts present all lowered their heads, looking ashamed.
Xie Wan raised an eyebrow, thinking that this person was bragging.
Her grandmother in her previous life had lumbar disc herniation. She also went to the hospital and the doctor recommended surgery.
However, even in the later era of advanced medicine, the risks of the two operations mentioned by Li Benyuan are still very high.
Especially now that it is the 1970s, laparoscopic technology has not yet been widely used in medical operations. The surgical incision is large and the probability of infection is high. Because the lumbar spine is rich in nerves and involves the bone marrow, the success rate of the operation is not high.
Unfortunately, Xie Wan couldn't interrupt casually in this kind of situation. She could only express her disdain with her facial expression.
Just as Li Benyuan was looking at Zhu Qilin, his eyes swept over Xie Wan beside Zhu Qilin and he saw her sarcastic expression.
Li Benyuan might think that this kid was ignorant and had never heard of the two surgical procedures he mentioned.
Just as he wanted to continue to show off, he pretended to be an elder, looked at Xie Wan and asked:
"This disciple of Dean Zhu seems to have a different opinion?
This is an academic exchange. We don’t ask about identity or status. We only talk about academics.
Little girl, if you have any opinion, feel free to say it. "
With a "swish", everyone's eyes were focused on Xie Wan's face.
The young leader frowned, as if he felt that Zhu Qilin should not bring such a young disciple into such an occasion to embarrass himself.
Zhu Qilin took a step forward, wanting to protect Xie Wan behind him, but then he heard Xie Wan ask, "Uncle Zhu, can I say a few words?"
Zhu Qilin has a free and easy personality. Xie Wan wanted to say something, but Zhu Qilin believed that Xie Wan would not do anything rash, so he nodded.
Xie Wan was not at all intimidated by the fact that the people standing next to him were all experts, scholars and leaders of ministries and commissions.
She pretended to be a good student and asked Li Benyuan:
"Dr. Li Ben, has your country's Western medicine solved the sequelae of reduced lumbar range of motion and accelerated lumbar degeneration after lumbar interbody fusion surgery?
Also, in case of nerve and spinal cord damage caused by the limited skills of doctors during surgery, has your country issued an operating manual related to the surgery?
If so, can I borrow it?"
Li Benyuan's face turned black, his pretense was exposed!
Not to mention that Japan has not yet solved the sequelae that Xie Wan mentioned. With the rapid development of laparoscopic technology in later generations, those sequelae have only been partially solved.
The problem of accelerated proliferation after surgery mentioned by Xie Wan has not been solved and can only be suppressed by drugs.
Li Benyuan asked in surprise: "Little girl, do you know about lumbar intervertebral fusion? Are you a Western doctor?"
Xie Wan shook her head, "No, I am a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner. I learned traditional Chinese medicine because I knew that Western medicine is not omnipotent.
Of course, Chinese medicine is not omnipotent.
But after all, traditional Chinese medicine is the medical achievement that our ancestors have practiced for thousands of years. I think it is much better than Western medicine in terms of safety.
In our country, Chinese and Western medicine go hand in hand and complement each other. For diseases like bone arthritis, I personally feel that Chinese medicine is more appropriate than Western surgery unless it is absolutely necessary.
If you don’t believe it, we can ask this patient.
Given that the disease is likely to relapse a year after surgery, requiring another surgery, and may even damage the nerves and spinal cord, causing lifelong paralysis, would she prefer conservative treatment with traditional Chinese medicine or surgery with Western medicine?
The patient understood what Xie Wan said, nodded repeatedly and said, "No surgery, I don't want surgery!"
Xie Wan smiled and stepped behind Zhu Qilin.
Li Benyuan looked embarrassed.
The Chinese experts present, both Chinese and Western medicine, had a faint smile on their faces.
The young leader of the reception group was even happier and praised Zhu Qilin, "Old Zhu, you have a great disciple!"
Li Benyuan changed the subject and said, "If it was a year ago, I would definitely think that Chinese medicine could not treat such a disease.
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