"Brain tumor removal surgery?"
Su Zhengnan immediately became interested and replied with a serious expression, "Acupuncture and general anesthesia can definitely be done. I just don't know who will be the chief surgeon for this operation, Director Zhu? Can I participate?"
"Dr. Su, you are right. If you are sure that your acupuncture anesthesia can achieve general anesthesia, then of course you can participate in this surgery."
Zhu Jiang smiled slightly and then expressed his thoughts.
He needed Su Zhengnan's help with traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture; otherwise, the surgery probably couldn't have been carried out at all, as the patient's age would have made it impossible for him to withstand the side effects of Western medicine anesthesia.
Upon hearing this, Su Zhengnan smiled and said, "You want me to come over for the consultation, right? Now?"
"Well, Dr. Su, do you have time to come over now?"
Zhu Jiang glanced at the time and asked.
Su Zhengnan nodded and said, "I definitely have time. I'll be right there."
After saying that, Su Zhengnan hung up the phone and then found Sun Huaiwei next door and said:
"Dr. Sun, I have to go out at noon, so I'll leave the clinic to you for the time being. If any patients come to me, please take a look. If they don't want to see me, tell them to come back to me in the evening."
"Okay, I understand."
Sun Huaiwei nodded and noted down Su Zhengnan's words. She smiled slightly and said, "Dr. Su, if you have something to do, go ahead and do it. I'll take care of things here. If there's any illness that you can't resolve, I'll give you a call."
"Thank you, Dr. Sun."
Su Zhengnan smiled and thanked him, then took off his white coat and went out.
Of course, when he left the school clinic, he also said goodbye to Nurse Zhou, so that if any students came looking for him, Zhou Zixuan could inform them of his whereabouts immediately.
After leaving the gates of the Beijing Film Academy, Su Zhengnan hailed a taxi and headed to the emergency department of the Third People's Hospital.
Twenty minutes later.
When Su Zhengnan arrived at the emergency department of the Third People's Hospital, it was almost lunchtime.
As soon as Zhu Jiangcai saw Su Zhengnan appear, he grabbed him and said, "Come on, let's go eat first. We can talk about other things after lunch."
"Well....."
Before Su Zhengnan could say anything, he was pulled to the hospital cafeteria.
Zhu Jiangcai took Su Zhengnan to the hospital cafeteria for lunch.
Yang Zhenan, who was already seated and eating, looked at Su Zhengnan who had appeared before him and was slightly taken aback. He then looked at Zhu Jiangcai and asked:
"The kid you mentioned who knows acupuncture anesthesia, could he be him?"
"What? Director Yang, are you like Xiao Su?"
Zhu Jiangcai asked Yang Zhenan with a curious expression.
Yang Zhenan waved his hand and said, "I don't know him, but I've met him once before."
Su Zhengnan smiled and shook hands with Yang Zhen'an, saying, "I didn't expect to run into Director Yang here again. Are you here for a consultation as well?"
"Hehe, yes, I was also invited by Director Zhu to come for a consultation."
Yang Zhenan chuckled, then pointed to the food in front of him and said, "Dr. Su probably hasn't eaten yet, right? Come, sit down and eat with us, and we can chat about the patient's condition."
"Okay!"
Su Zhengnan nodded, sat down, picked up his chopsticks, and started eating with them.
You know what?
The food in the cafeteria of the Third People's Hospital is quite good.
On the table in front of me were three dishes and a soup, which was the standard lunch for every medical worker. There was meat and vegetables, and the taste was decent.
Su Zhengnan took a few bites and thought the taste was pretty good.
At this moment, Zhu Jiangcai suddenly spoke up: "Xiao Su probably doesn't know the patient's specific situation yet, right? Let me tell you. The patient is a six-and-a-half-year-old girl. The preliminary diagnosis is that a brain tumor is causing intracranial fluid leakage. The tumor is quite large and requires surgical removal..."
While eating, Zhu Jiangcai explained the little girl's condition to Su Zhengnan in detail.
After listening to Zhu Jiangcai's story.
Su Zhengnan had a general understanding of the little girl's situation, but this did not allow him to be certain of her true condition.
"Director Zhu, I understand what you've said, but I still need to see the patient in person before I can be sure."
Su Zhengnan took a bite of the food in front of him and said to Zhu Jiangcai.
Zhu Jiangcai smiled and nodded, saying, "That's natural. I know the procedures for traditional Chinese medicine consultations, and it's not the first time I've called you in for a consultation."
"Let's wait until we've seen the patient before we can say anything!"
As he spoke, Su Zhengnan continued eating his meal without saying anything more.
Sitting opposite Su Zhengnan, Yang Zhenan secretly sized him up. Suddenly, he remembered the silver needles inserted into the bodies of the emergency patients last time and thought to himself, "Is this young friend's traditional Chinese medicine skills even better than Director Li's? I wonder if he really knows acupuncture anesthesia!"
Soon, lunch was almost finished.
Su Zhengnan followed Zhu Jiangcai and the others to the ward upstairs in the emergency department and met the sick little girl.
This is a very cute little girl with big, porcelain-doll-like eyes. She lies on the hospital bed, looking at everyone with an innocent and naive expression.
Su Zhengnan stepped forward with a smile and greeted her, "Hello, little sister!"
At this moment, Su Zhengnan changed into a white coat, which belonged to their Third People's Hospital.
Hello, doctors!
The little girl waved her hand happily at them, appearing very enthusiastic.
The girl's parents stood by, their faces full of worry, unsure whether they should ask about their daughter's condition.
"Little sister, shall I take a look at you, brother?"
Su Zhengnan smiled and took the little girl's hand, placing a few fingers on her wrist.
The little girl had never seen a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner take a pulse before, and her two large eyes flickered with confusion. She didn't know what Su Zhengnan was checking by holding her little hand like that.
Su Zhengnan carefully felt the little girl's pulse, finding it thin yet deep, as if attached to her bones, with a persistent, wiry pulse...
The pulse is deep and hollow!
The little girl's pulse was very irregular, like a calm river with eddies and waves.
Then, Su Zhengnan examined the little girl's tongue again, turned to Zhu Jiangcai and said:
“I have a pretty good understanding of the patient’s condition. It seems that the tumor is indeed putting a lot of pressure on the brain. I have no problem with acupuncture anesthesia, but are you confident in the surgery?”
"Ah, this..."
Zhu Jiangcai was at a loss for words, because the success rate of this surgery was not very high to begin with.
Even though he called Director Yang from the First People's Hospital for a consultation.
The success rate of this surgery will not exceed 45%, meaning the probability of failure is much greater than the probability of success.
But if this surgery isn't done...
The mortality rate for little girls is 100%.
Therefore, compared to other options, surgery can still increase the survival rate to a certain extent.
"Let's talk outside!"
Zhu Jiang glanced at the little girl's parents, then pulled Su Zhengnan out of the ward.
Upon arriving outside the ward, Zhu Jiangcai said to Su Zhengnan, "The success rate of this surgery is not high, otherwise I wouldn't have called Director Yang for a consultation. So, Dr. Su, do you have any good suggestions?"
Su Zhengnan looked at the other person with a serious expression and said, "Director Zhu, how about I perform this surgery?"
"You're being put in charge of the surgery?"
Zhu Jiangcai felt somewhat incredulous, turned to exchange a glance with Yang Zhen'an beside him, and said:
"Do you know what you're saying? Even Director Yang wouldn't dare say this surgery has a success rate of over 50%, and you're saying you want to be the lead surgeon?"
Su Zhengnan blinked and said confidently, "If I were to perform the surgery, I can guarantee that the success rate of this operation would be over 75%."
"More than 75%?"
For a moment, both Zhu Jiangcai and Yang Zhenan wore expressions of shock.
"Do you even know what you're saying? A success rate of over 75%? How is that even possible?"
Zhu Jiangcai looked at Su Zhengnan with disbelief, his words filled with incredulity.
"I know what I'm saying. If you, Director Zhu, don't believe I can do it, you can call my teacher and ask."
Su Zhengnan knew that he couldn't convince Director Zhu and the others to let him perform the surgery on his own, so he had to bring in his teacher to support him. Otherwise, he was afraid he wouldn't be able to become the surgeon in this operation.
His desire to become the surgeon in this operation was simply to complete that special mission as quickly as possible.
"Your teacher?"
Zhu Jiangcai was taken aback for a moment, then asked with great curiosity, "May I ask who your teacher is...?"
"Gu Fangzhou!"
These three words came out of Su Zhengnan's mouth.
Zhu Jiangcai and Yang Zhenan were both stunned, their expressions of shock deepening.
"You said that Professor Gu is your teacher? Then does that mean that Director Li from our hospital is your senior?"
Yang Zhen'an's eyes widened in disbelief.
Su Zhengnan smiled slightly and said, "If you mean Director Li, Li Huai'an, then you are right. He is my fifth senior brother."
"I never would have guessed, I never would have guessed. So you are actually Master Gu's apprentice. No wonder your traditional Chinese medicine skills are so amazing."
Zhu Jiangcai murmured something, then pondered for a moment and said, "You said you want to be the chief surgeon, but this is not something I can decide alone. You need the consent of the patient's guardian."
"How about this, I'll go talk to the girl's parents and see what they have to say!"
With that, Zhu Jiang turned around and went back into the ward to talk to the girl's parents.
Su Zhengnan and Yang Zhenan stood outside waiting.
However, Yang Zhenan's gaze towards Su Zhengnan completely changed.
Su Zhengnan felt a little uneasy under those unwavering gazes.
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