Healing Doctor

Chapter 227 Congratulations

Doctors who have performed the surgery, or doctors who know that the surgery is actually not difficult.

There are thick, life-sized surgical manuals with standardized surgical procedures; you just need to follow the instructions in the book.

If every patient's anatomy is exactly as accurate as the illustrations in the book, then the difficulty is indeed not high.

However, what is written in the book cannot always be presented perfectly.

Even the anatomical structures of most surgical patients differ to some extent from those described in books.

Whether the surgery goes smoothly depends on the severity of the anatomical structural variations.

Of all surgeries, those for newborns with congenital heart disease are the most challenging.

It is because there are some strange and unusual anatomical structures that even the most experienced surgeons have never seen before, and they can only rely on their clinical experience and knowledge of anatomy and physiology to "guess" and perform surgery.

There was a time when the top surgeons at West China Hospital couldn't perform surgeries on complex congenital heart disease cases, so they had to call in another top surgeon from Beijing to fly over, and the two of them would stand on the operating table and discuss the procedure.

This is the most extreme case.

Ordinary doctors deal with abnormally proliferating blood vessels and nerves; once a blood vessel is cut, their field of vision becomes completely obscured.

But watching Ji Xiang undergo surgery was a completely different experience.

The anatomical structure is clear, simple, and easy to understand, like a cadaver provided by a local anatomy teacher during a class in school.

Although there were some mutations, the locations of these mutations were practically nonexistent in Ji Xiang's hands.

"The skill of a master butcher in carving up an ox!" These words floated into Director Bai's mind.

He finally understood what his vague anxiety was.

Ji Xiang's surgery was far better than he had imagined, even surpassing his peak level.

Back in his office, Director Bai opened his email and looked for the email that Director Liu of the Urology Department had sent him.

Sending emails via the intranet to report on recent academic conferences is a rule of the institute, and Director Bai usually doesn't bother with it, just glancing at it.

They can't very well tell them not to attend these societies, and many of these societies have become part of their social lives, helping department heads expand their networks in the medical field, add a title before their names, and so on.

I vaguely remember that Director Liu sent an email.

Director Bai suddenly became quite interested in this young resident in the urology department.

Click on the email, and Director Bai read it carefully, word by word.

To organize a surgical competition within the province, Director Bai had a field of clean surgical fields before his eyes.

He weighed it carefully, a slight smile appearing on his lips.

Pick up the phone and call the pathology department.

"Director Chi, it's me, Bai Mo."

"Director Bai, hello. What can I do for you?" said Director Chi of the Pathology Department.

"The urology department just performed a penis cancer surgery, has the specimen been sent over yet? Please get it done quickly."

"The specimen needs to be fixed, and I'll get it out as soon as possible, but the earliest I can do it is midnight."

"Okay, I'll wait for your message."

A clean surgical procedure is one thing, but whether the removed tumor margins have metastasized is another.

It's not enough for it to look good; the surgical margin must be negative to prove that the tumor has been completely removed, and only then can the final conclusion of Ji Xiang's surgery be drawn.

Director Bai was patient; he waited quietly.

A dozen hours later, Director Chi called.

"Director Bai, is today's urology department an external expert?" Director Chi asked with slight surprise.

As soon as he asked that question, Director Bai knew the answer.

Just as I expected.

"No, they did it themselves," Director Bai replied.

"Squamous cell carcinoma, negative surgical margins, and no metastasis in the bilateral inguinal lymph nodes. The surgery was performed very cleanly. I recognize the surgeon as Professor Mo Chenggui. When did his skill level become so high?"

"Fortunately, it's just a surgery for Ding cancer. Professor Mo is sure he can handle it."

"No, no, Director Bai, I know Professor Mo can perform partial resections. But the specimen arrived a bit early, so... It's good that everything is alright. Do you have any other instructions?" Director Chi stopped mid-sentence.

"Thanks for your hard work."

After hanging up the phone, Director Bai breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that Ji Xiang's surgery was indeed perfect, with partial resection and lengthening of the cervical cancer, showing great consideration for the patient's postoperative psychological well-being.

Director Bai thought to himself, "I'll have to put some effort into the surgery competition."

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In the urology ward, Ji Xiang is chatting with a patient.

He didn't expect the pathology department to work overtime, with their director personally handling the pathology work overnight.

So Ji Xiang waited for the result.

Pathological examinations typically take 2-3 days, and it's impossible to say for sure until the results are available.

Holding the printed pathology report, still warm from the heat, Ji Xiang was very happy.

"The pathology results are in; everything that needed to be removed has been removed. It's a relatively low-grade squamous cell carcinoma, and since it's in its early stages, the postoperative recovery is expected to be very good."

"Doctor, could you explain it in simpler terms?" The patient was somewhat pleased, but still unsure.

The journey was full of twists and turns, and he felt like he was dreaming.

"To put it another way, because it was in the early stages and treatment wasn't delayed, the possibility of the tumor metastasizing is extremely low, so it can be considered cured. Moreover, the partial resection was performed...emmm, the length wasn't affected. In fact, apart from the angle being wrong, it's 3.2cm longer than before the surgery."

"All my previous lifestyle habits remain unchanged, such as urinating standing up."

"!!!"

"Congratulations," Ji Xiang said sincerely.

The patient was overjoyed but also somewhat confused.

Reality is not like a TV drama; there are no such intense conflicts or emotional developments.

Although the result was perfect for the patient, he was still feeling confused before he could even be happy.

It will probably be 2-3 days before he figures it out, and he might not be able to be happy until he opens the bandage and sees the length after it becomes engorged with blood.

"It's alright, get some rest," Ji Xiang said gently. "We'll talk again when you change the dressing tomorrow morning."

The patient nodded.

Ji Xiang was in a good mood. He took the pathology report back to his office, entered the results, changed his clothes, and went home.

The pathology report was on the desk. As soon as Ji Xiang left, General Manager Wu picked it up and looked at it repeatedly, as if he wanted to memorize the whole thing.

His expression was complex, extremely complex.

"Mr. Wu, what's wrong?" Lu Kai asked, sensing something was amiss.

Mr. Wu didn't say anything, but folded the pathology report and put it in his white coat pocket.

I thought the things I said back then made a lot of sense and weren't pretentious at all.

But when faced with the postoperative pathology results, everything vanished.

Why did I think that way?

It's simply because they're not skilled enough.

Mr. Wu's feelings were more complicated than his expression suggested. He felt a bit confused and didn't even want to drive or joke with Lu Kai. He turned around and went back to his duty room to lie down and stare blankly.

(End of this chapter)