Healing Doctor

Chapter 567 The more you act recklessly, the more likely you are to get into trouble.

The surgery went smoothly.

First, Director Zou is highly skilled, and second, Ji Xiang's supporting role is also extremely good.

However, the problem wasn't in the location of the large polyp that Director Bai had imagined, but rather a small artery under a titanium clip containing a polyp less than 0.5cm that was constantly bleeding.

That's normal, actually. Although larger polyps are more likely to bleed when removed, it's ultimately a matter of probability.

The difficulty of the surgery lies in finding the bleeding point; stopping the bleeding is then quite simple.

The titanium clips were used to close the intestinal tract, removing any remaining blood and food residue. With no further active bleeding, the surgery was declared complete.

The animation simply showed the surgical procedure, but it still made countless viewers of the variety show sweat.

Everyone put themselves in the situation, and the tension was palpable, practically overflowing from the screen.

It was just a "small" polyp removal, an outpatient surgery, but it caused such a big commotion that people watching on the screen never expected it.

No wonder this episode was arranged so hastily; it wasn't just because of GG, but also because it was packed with useful information.

So far, there are two beautifully produced animations that have been a hit with viewers.

But Director Bai and Director Liu remained silent, both filled with doubt yet unable to find an answer.

The animation ended, and the scene returned to the variety show.

The editing here was once again unexpected; instead of going to the commentary room to let the guests and professionals chat for a few minutes to explain why there is a risk of bleeding when removing polyps endoscopically.

On camera, Director Zou and Ji Xiang walked out of the locker room.

"Dr. Ji Xiang, didn't you go back to rest?" Director Zou asked casually.

"No, I had a feeling the patient might have a problem, so I left my phone number with the patient's family, but they didn't write it down at all," Ji Xiang said.

"You feel there might be a problem?" Director Zou turned his head to the side in confusion, looking up slightly at Ji Xiang.

"It's just a feeling, like intuition? A sixth sense?"

Ji Xiang gave a vague and perfunctory answer.

"What if nothing happens?"

"Then I'll go back and rest," Ji Xiang said in a matter-of-fact tone, uttering a meaningless statement.

"Do you... have obsessive-compulsive disorder? If you have paranoia after completing a surgery, imagining that the details of the surgery will go wrong, what will you do in the future?" Director Zou asked seriously.

Although he was drooling and the corners of his surgical mask were wet, he exuded an air of authority.

If you have to think about the low probability of complications after every surgery, you simply can't be a doctor.

"Not really." Ji Xiang smiled. "When you removed the large polyp, I glanced at the other areas and had a feeling I couldn't quite put my finger on. The titanium clips looked fine, but something just felt off. Plus, the patient and their family refused to stay for observation, so I talked to them a bit more."

"This is completely unnecessary," Director Zou waved his hand. "If doctors acted like you, they'd be worked to death sooner or later."

"I only have that feeling occasionally," Ji Xiang said. "It's not frequent; my daily routine is usually very regular."

"Haven't you been like this since you were little?"

"No," Ji Xiang smiled. "Sometimes I go to the emergency department at the Second Affiliated Hospital to learn from Professor Meng. Once, a patient fell asleep while waiting for his turn. I didn't notice anything wrong, but Professor Meng immediately realized something was amiss."

As he spoke, Ji Xiang recounted to Director Zou what Meng Qingfei had done at the time.

The patient was only slightly drowsy, and being an elderly person, Director Zou realized that if he were in the patient's shoes, he would never have noticed that the patient had a problem.

It is very possible that the patient will be released and, until the patient has an accident, neither the patient's family nor the patient themselves will believe that it was a misdiagnosis.

Director Zou looked Ji Xiang up and down seriously.

However, the serious atmosphere vanished with a "whoosh".

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In the comments section.

The bald host, upon seeing this, turned his head and asked, "Professor Shen, I have colleagues and friends who have had polyp removal surgery, and they're all fine. Do you think similar problems are rare? If they can be avoided, what should we do?"

Professor Shen nodded slightly and replied, "The vast majority of polyp removals are successful. In fact, the First Affiliated Hospital does a very good job with endoscopic surgery, and they also have a tiered surgical approach. Polyps larger than 1.5cm are referred to the gastrointestinal surgery department for consultation and treatment. This collaborative approach is excellent!"

"As for prevention, I don't think it's possible. Let's think about it this way: if it were possible, neither Director Zou nor the head of the gastroenterology department would want patients to have bleeding in the middle of the night and rush to the emergency room for treatment, wouldn't you agree?"

The host's mouth twisted into a sly smile.

He was just bringing up a topic; the real question he wanted to ask was yet to come.

"Teacher Shen, I think I understand what you mean." The bald host's mouth became increasingly crooked, almost reaching his ears.

"But there's one thing I don't understand: why does Dr. Ji Xiang exhibit such a precognitive ability?"

Professor Shen pondered for a few seconds, his expression grave.

"Let me give you an example, which may not be the most appropriate, but I don't know what else to say for the moment."

"Please speak."

"It's not idealism," Professor Shen said. "The ancient Greek geometer Apollonius summarized the theory of conic sections, and 1,800 years later, the German astronomer Kepler applied it to the theory of planetary orbits."

The mathematician Galois founded group theory in 1831, and it was applied to physics more than a century later.

The matrix theory, established in 1860, was applied to quantum mechanics sixty years later.

"Gauss spent his life exploring the practical applications of non-Euclidean geometry, but he died with regrets. One hundred and seventy years after the birth of non-Euclidean geometry, this theory, which was useless at the time, and the tensor analysis theory developed from it, became the core foundation of Einstein's general theory of relativity."

"In our clinical practice, many things are not idealistic superstitions, but there are some internal connections that do not yet have clear theoretical support."

"After working long hours, doctors tend to believe in fate to some extent," Professor Shen said. "The more 'rebellious' a patient is, the more likely something bad is to happen."

"Uh..." The bald host looked at Professor Shen with a blank expression, completely unable to understand what he was saying.

"Take this patient as an example. Even if a patient goes home to rest because of poor conditions in the hospital observation area, they will usually follow the doctor's advice and drink at most some porridge. I think the animation content accurately reflects the surgical scene. If that's the case, then everything is easily explained."

In fact, the clinical description is very straightforward—this person's life is over, and doctors and nurses simply cannot save them.

Otherwise, why bother working so hard?

This kind of overtly idealistic talk is impossible to utter, and the program wouldn't pass censorship. Even so, Professor Shen still has to spout a whole bunch of scientific "nonsense" as a prelude.

(End of this chapter)