Healing Doctor

Chapter 332 The answer lies in the riddle itself.

"Is it that simple?" Professor Ma asked again, bewildered and at a loss.

He thought Ji Xiang was going to use some incredible method to solve the problem, but he didn't expect that a 12F arterial sheath would pull out the knotted catheter.

During the previous hospital-wide consultation, everyone was devastated, feeling like the sky was about to fall. No one had ever seen a Swan-Ganz floating catheter knotted in a blood vessel before, and they had absolutely no idea what to do.

Furthermore, since it involved a heart transplant, the patient couldn't withstand the ordeal. Even Director Zhao shamelessly pretended to faint in order to avoid surgery.

but!

No one expected it to be so simple.

"Perhaps it's a problem with the way we think," Ji Xiang said calmly.

It's a problem with the thought process!

Dean Zhao Jixiang stared intently at the newly removed Swan-Ganz floating catheter, listening to Ji Xiang's nonchalant words. He thought Ji Xiang was showing off!

The end of the floating catheter was tied with a long knot, and there were already signs of blood clots forming on the knot.

If it had been any later, a blood clot might have formed and then broken off, potentially leading to a pulmonary embolism.

Heart transplant patients are unlikely to survive the ordeal of pulmonary embolism after surgery.

If it really comes to this, it will definitely be troublesome, and there's a high probability the patient won't see the sun tomorrow.

Ji Xiang's handling of the situation was perfect. The procedure was simple and clear, and easy to understand. It saved the patient and avoided excessive subsequent resuscitation, surgery, and treatment.

however!

Zhao Jixiang felt a sense of unease.

It's not just because of Zhao Tianjiao.

If it were just his son's jealousy, Zhao Jixiang would use Ji Xiang as a whetstone to urge his son to improve.

But that's not the case at all now.

The scenes from those few hours flashed through Zhao Jixiang's mind, along with the large, black pot.

But all of this was shattered by Ji Xiang's simple actions, reduced to dust.

The problem lies in the thought process.

In Ji Xiang's eyes, a large, black pot meant nothing; it didn't even exist.

While Zhao Jixiang was still in a daze, Ji Xiang had already pressed the puncture site of the Swan-Ganz floating catheter with sterile gauze and used 3M tape to stick it on.

"It's all done." Ji Xiang turned around and greeted Director Bai.

"Little... Dr. Ji..."

Even Director Bai started stammering.

"Director Bai, let's take the patient home first," Ji Xiang said.

He wasn't in a good mood today either. Although he heard the system's notification sound after the surgery indicating that the task was completed and he had received a generous reward, Ji Xiang was still not satisfied.

The fact that I was able to have the surgery this time was partly due to luck, because Director Bai trusted me and was willing to take responsibility.

"I'll handle similar things myself from now on!" Ji Xiang secretly made up his mind.

Director Bai instructed people to put the patient on a stretcher. Before leaving, he whispered to Ji Xiang, "Ji, go wait for me at Director Liu's place."

"it is good."

Director Liu glanced at Dean Zhao, whose expression seemed uncertain, and then secretly pulled Ji Xiang away.

"Xiao Ji, you're awesome!" After leaving the operating room, Director Liu gave a thumbs up, not holding back his praise.

"Director Liu, what you're saying..."

"What? You think I didn't praise you enough?" Director Liu looked at Ji Xiang with a smile. "Xiao Ji, how can it be so simple? Replacing it with a 12F arterial sheath would solve the problem. Judging from your operation, it's extremely simple, but..."

However, many questions arose, and Director Liu was at a loss for words.

"Xiao Ji, how did you come up with that idea?"

Lu Gang's voice came from behind.

"Teacher Lu," Ji Xiang greeted Lu Gang.

"I'm asking you a question, hurry up and answer, don't keep me in suspense." Lu Gang said with a serious face.

"The main reason is that our hospital doesn't perform many surgeries," Ji Xiang said.

"..."

"..."

What is Ji Xiang saying?!

The Second Affiliated Hospital, one of the top three hospitals in the province, and he actually said he doesn't perform many surgeries?!

"The corpus cavernosum puncture was a procedure that I performed together with Professor Gu. You two know about it, right?"

"I know," Lu Gang said.

Director Liu already understood what Ji Xiang meant, so he remained silent.

"The human anatomy is what it is. In an emergency, if a patient can't have an intravenous line, they'll probably die very quickly. Everyone wants to, but... Director Liu... I'm sorry, I don't have one..."

As Ji Xiang was speaking, he realized that he had said something wrong and quickly apologized.

"Hahaha, that makes sense." Director Liu put his arm around Ji Xiang's shoulder and laughed heartily. "I've performed urological surgeries my whole life, and the answer is right there in the riddle, but I just didn't know it. What Xiao Ji said makes sense."

Lu Gang had nothing to say.

"Actually, it's a very simple operation." Ji Xiang smiled. "It's just a matter of approach. Once you've seen it before, you can easily solve it if you encounter it again."

"..."

Director Liu and Lu Gang remained silent.

Ji Xiang lectured him like a senior doctor, but every word he said was meaningful.

……

……

Zhao Xiangming lay on the bed in the anesthesiologist's on-call room, his eyes tightly closed, pretending to be unconscious.

Others know that I'm faking it, and I know that others know that I'm faking it. Everyone knows that I'm pretending to be dizzy.

But what does it matter?

Swan-Ganz floating catheter knotted, this bizarre "complication" is something you absolutely must not touch!

It's embarrassing, but if you pretend to faint, at least you'll have an explanation later.

"director."

Professor Ma's voice came through.

Zhao Xiangming didn't say anything, and continued to play dead with his eyes closed.

"Doctor, the surgery is complete."

Zhao Xiangming remained silent, as if the coffin lid had already been closed.

"The surgery went smoothly. The Swan-Ganz buoyancy catheter was removed, and the patient's vital signs are stable. Wake up, wake up."

Zhao Xiangming was startled, his whole body stiffening slightly.

What is Professor Ma saying? The surgery was over in just a few minutes? He must be lying to himself. Impossible, absolutely impossible!

If at the beginning, when the head of the Swan-Ganz floating catheter was just circling, Zhao Xiangming believed that Ji Xiang could use the catheter to push the head out and restore it to its normal shape.

It's already a dead end; even the King of Heaven himself couldn't fix it!

I'll play dead and refuse to say a word. Let whoever wants to take the blame take it; it has nothing to do with me!

"Director, Ji Xiang used a 12F arterial sheath with an aortic stent. The Swan-Ganz floating catheter was simply pulled and inserted into the sheath before being removed. I originally thought it would require vascular surgery, but it turns out it wasn't that complicated."

Ah!

Zhao Xiangming thought of the arterial sheath, which was as thick as 12F, and the fog in his vision seemed to be blown away by the wind.

Is that true?

That's right!

"We replaced the original sheath of the Swan-Ganz floating catheter and then pulled out the knot."

Zhao Xiangming felt all the blood rush to his brain, his limbs were ice cold, and his heart was pounding.

That simple?!

"Director Zhao, stop pretending to be dead, get up."

Zhao Jixiang kicked the edge of the bed in the duty room, and Zhao Xiangming swayed.

While Zhao Xiangming was concentrating on studying the function of the 12F arterial sheath, he felt a vague sense of regret. Suddenly, he was startled and felt a sharp pain in his chest.

(End of this chapter)