Healing Doctor

Chapter 496 I've also had surgery

"Dr. Zhao, what are you thinking about?" Zhai Yuhan asked.

"Mr. Zhai, Dr. Ji... I feel like something's off about him today," Zhao Zhe said, puzzled.

"Something's not right?" Zhai Yuhan suddenly became nervous.

Ji Xiang is a troublemaker who always manages to stir up trouble out of nowhere, often causing problems in unexpected corners.

Coupled with Zhai Yuhan's complicated thoughts, she felt she needed to be wary of Ji Xiang.

After reviewing the physical examination and consultation, Zhai Yuhan felt there was nothing wrong. She smiled and asked, "Dr. Zhao, what problems do you think there might be?"

"It's definitely not a problem with the surgery. It's been a month already, and it's just a minor surgery like gallbladder removal." Zhao Zhe looked honest and simple, but he was actually quite shrewd. In just a moment, he guessed what Zhai Yuhan was thinking during her brief silence.

"Dr. Xiao Ji's greatest strength is his deep understanding of his patients. I don't really know how he knows so much. Once, when he was at the Second Affiliated Hospital, I overheard him talking to a patient with a broken clavicle. The patient suddenly burst into tears and hugged Dr. Xiao Ji's arm like a family member."

"ah?!"

"Dr. Xiao Ji said he had also suffered a fracture and was lying alone on the road in winter. The doctor thought his condition was too minor and didn't immediately put him in an ambulance. When he said that, my nose felt sore."

"He also suffered a fracture?" Zhai Yuhan asked in surprise.

"No, I saw him when he was changing clothes in the locker room before the surgery. I didn't see any surgical scars on his collarbones, nor any fracture deformities." Zhao Zhe smiled. "Maybe that's his ability; he can always put himself in the patient's shoes."

"Sigh." Zhai Yuhan breathed a sigh of relief; Zhao Zhe's words had startled her.

Suddenly, Zhai Yuhan remembered something, "Dr. Zhao, did Ji Xiang have his gallbladder removed?"

"No, not really." Zhao Zhe had watched the previous episodes and knew what Zhai Yuhan meant. "Dr. Xiao Ji rarely lies, but he can't keep his mouth shut when talking to patients. When we're performing surgery, he's the fastest driver."

"..." Zhai Yuhan sighed.

Previously, Ji Xiang had communicated with patients who had undergone gallbladder removal surgery, and he had always assumed that the patients had undergone gallbladder removal surgery.

Ji Xiang not only deceived the patients, but he also deceived himself. What a scoundrel!

They lie without even blinking!

"Maybe Dr. Ji felt the patient was uncomfortable and wanted to push the patient to get tested quickly so the patient would suffer less. I'm overthinking it," Zhao Zhe guessed.

He wasn't telling the truth either; Ji Xiang must have had another reason for keeping him behind. Zhao Zhe just couldn't figure it out for the moment.

Twenty minutes later, Zhao Zhe's phone rang.

"Brother Zhao, please tell Teacher Zhai that the patient's liver and gallbladder are fine. Could you also ask him how many titanium clips were used during the surgery?"

"Mr. Zhai, Dr. Ji asked how many titanium clips were used during the surgery."

"Titanium clips?" Zhai Yuhan was taken aback.

Does this thing have any meaning?

The surgery was a cholecystectomy, and the titanium clips were definitely placed on the cystic duct and cystic artery.

Neither of them seems to have anything to do with gastrointestinal bleeding.

"I forgot." Zhai Yuhan couldn't recall a certain surgery from a month ago at all, and she said casually.

Zhao Zhe frowned, but did not express his dissatisfaction. Instead, he covered his phone and walked out to talk to Ji Xiang.

Zhai Yuhan felt contempt for her meddlesome behavior.

While my own diagnosis of delayed stress ulcers in patients may not be entirely accurate, it certainly has no direct relation to surgery.

The liver and gallbladder area is completely different from the intestines.

Despite thinking this way, Zhai Yuhan did not express her displeasure or show it on her face.

In just a few days, Ji Xiang still managed to impress everyone at the First Affiliated Hospital with his professional skills.

Forget it, let Ji Xiang do whatever he wants.

Zhai Yuhan yawned, silently signaling to Zhao Zhe that she was sleepy, and then got up and went back to her duty room.

Zhao Zhe was also confused. He turned on his computer, searched past medical records, and found five hospitalized patients by the names Ji Xiang had given him.

There are many patients with the same name. Zhao Zhe found the medical record of the patient who was hospitalized for surgery in the hepatobiliary surgery department a month ago. After verifying the patient's age, name, medical history and attending physician, he confirmed that it was the same medical record. Zhao Zhe then clicked to find the surgical record.

One medium-sized titanium clip was placed in the cystic duct and two medium-sized titanium clips were placed in the cystic artery during the operation.

He called Ji Xiang to explain the surgery situation.

"I understand, Brother Zhao. I'll hang up now, I have something to do here." Ji Xiang hung up the phone.

Three titanium clips were used during the operation, but only two were visible on the ultrasound.

The problem should be here, just as the system NPC said.

"There's nothing wrong with the gallbladder area," Ji Xiang said as he pushed the wheelchair, talking to the patient and their family. "I'll take you to the gastroenterology department."

"Doctor, is it really gastrointestinal bleeding?" the patient's family asked anxiously.

"It should be, since there's been black stool for three days. If the stool is fresh red blood, the bleeding might be from a lower location. But if it's black..."

As Ji Xiang walked, he explained the basics of gastrointestinal bleeding to the patient's family.

"It's not fatal, is it?" the patient's family asked worriedly.

"It's alright, since you came to the hospital right away," Ji Xiang said with a smile. "It's just bleeding, don't worry. I had a similar situation after my gallbladder removal surgery."

"You? You also had gallbladder removal surgery? You're so young and you were the lead surgeon!" the patient's family member asked in surprise.

"No, no, no, I mean I'm the patient, lying on the operating table and having surgery."

The patient's family looked at the young doctor with surprise.

Ji Xiang was so young; it seemed like surgery had nothing to do with him.

"Sigh, don't even mention it. When I was in college, I was always playing around and never ate breakfast, and as a result, I developed gallstones very early on." Ji Xiang sighed. "The pain when gallstones flare up is unbearable. I can't even breathe properly, and I have to stay in one position without moving. If I move, I feel like everything goes black."

"..."

Ji Xiang described exactly how the patient felt at the time; she struggled to look up at Ji Xiang.

"However, the laparoscopic surgery is not very invasive nowadays. My classmate took me to the affiliated hospital on Friday, and I went to an internet cafe on Sunday. There was a big round on Monday morning, and I played until after 7 o'clock before running back to the ward."

"You... how can you run around after just having surgery?" The patient's family member's goodwill towards Ji Xiang increased greatly. Hearing him say this, they complained as if they were blaming their own child.

"I was playful and didn't know any better," Ji Xiang said. "But about a month after the surgery, I started having black stools."

When Ji Xiang mentioned black stools, the patient and his family members perked up their ears.

(End of this chapter)