Chapter 80: Max Impact (2) (2/2)
Dowook confirmed the positions and identities of the five professors in the document and realized the power of those around Tom Brand.
Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and UCLA Medical Center.
The places he’d asked Chief Ha to send him to for training and had gotten chewed for. Medical professors from famous hospitals in the United States were here.
While walking to the public conference room, Nam Hana carefully asked.
”If you get rejected by this panel, will you still be able to perform Tom's surgery?”
“Probably not.”
”How can you not get dissed by these people? Here. Steven Lyle from Mayo Clinic, is the author of the neurosurgery textbook that we're using right now.”
”Hana, if you get rejected, you'll get rejected. Do you think the resident chief can be anxious like that?”
”How are you so fine? It's not just a celebrity, it's Tom's Brand.”
Just before opening the conference room, Dowook told Nam Hana.
”You're asking the wrong question, Hana. It's not just a symptom, it's a malignant lymphoma. And we suggested that we should operate on it instead of chemotherapy. That’s what you should be nervous about as a surgeon.”
”But you're not nervous at all.”
”I know. I think my head’s gotten too big. These days.”
Dowook smiled as he entered the conference room.
Inside, he could see the medical staff yawning and preparing for a video conference. Chief Ha was sitting in the middle.
”Seongtae! Is it time for you to yawn? Check the connection status one more time!”
Dowook pulled a chair and sat next to the screaming Chief Ha.
”Calm down.”
”Hey, Park Dowook! Why are you so late?”
”Can't you see that I ran out as soon as I got the call?”
Chief Ha lowered his raised finger when he saw Dowook’s tired face.
”That’s why, brat. Why did you have to stick your nose out and suggest operating to Tom Brand? Those experts are waiting to chew out our hospital’s neurosurgery department. At this late hour, too. They should have scheduled it when it was dawn there, attacking us with time difference on top of everything else.”
”Calm down.”
”How can I calm down? What about Choi Hoo? Why isn’t he here yet?”
”I told Hana not to call Professor Choi.”
Chief Ha’s jaw dropped open.
”You didn't call the person in a situation where you needed one more brain to defend that logic? Hurry up and call!”
”I think it's better to handle it by ourselves. Professor Choi has more surgeries tomorrow.”
”Why are you so considerate of the surgery time? If I get embarrassed today, I'll be humiliated all over the world!”
Dowook felt that his remaining drowsiness fly away at Chief Ha's loud yell.
”We won't be humiliated. I guarantee that.”
”You? How?”
To Chief Ha's counter-question, Dowook briefly lowered his gaze to his own hands.
”It's just my gut feeling.”
”Whatever! You take responsibility for everything!”
”Our neurosurgery department is one body.”
”Don't say that anymore!”
Today, Chief Ha's scolding, which seemed to have risen to the maximum level, was leisurely received, and Dowook organized the surgical data on a laptop on the table.
After 10 minutes
A series of faces appeared on an 80-inch TV in front of the conference room.
On the split skype screen, doctors who were renowned in the field of neurosurgery briefly greeted each other.
『It's been a while, Dr. Lyle.』
『Dr. Mitchell. I see you’ve gotten a lot prettier since I last saw you.』
The age range of the people on the screen was between late 40s and mid 50s. Among them, Steven Lyle was the oldest.
After greeting each other, their eyes turned to Chief Ha.
『Nice to meet you. I'm Dr. Ha, section chief of neurosurgery at Myeong Sae Hospital. This is Dr. Park, the surgeon.』
Chief Ha winked at Dowook. Tom Brand's chart immediately appeared on the laptop screen, helping him to get to the point.
A chart also appeared on the monitor. Chief Ha quickly read the outline of the discussion while looking at the chart.
『As you can see, Tom Brand's diagnosis is primary central nervous system lymphoma. About 3% of all primary brain tumors have occurred, and the prognosis is extremely poor, with only two months of survival if not properly treated…….』
『Hold on, Dr. Ha.』
Steven Lyle of Mayo Clinic cut off Chief Ha's words and intervened.
『Unlike other cases, Tom Brand's tumor was confirmed very early. Since it has not yet shown widespread metastasis, it is not called malignant, but there is a risk of becoming malignant. In other words, it should be classified as a developmental risk tumor group.』
When detailed criticism of the terms came out from the beginning, Chief Ha complained internally as he said.
”Dowook, they're trying to drive you to chemotherapy.”
”That's what I expected. Just finish the outline.”
”Development Risk Tumor. Oh, my tongue’s all twisted.”
Chief Ha, who practiced pronunciation for a while, continued.
『Okay, a developmental risk tumor. The medical staff at the hospital completed a thorough examination and analysis of prognosis to remove this DRT surgically. The results are recorded in detail on the chart. Do you have any suggestions on this?』
Johns Hopkins's Ronshaw Mitchell raised her hand first.
『Please send me an MRI of the angiography.』
As soon as Dowook posted the relevant data, another MRI picture appeared on Ronshaw Mitchell's screen.
『This is an MRI record taken three years ago when Tom Brand was brought in due to a stunt injury. It's clean compared to recent ones, right? I don't even see that common vascular edema. At that time, he had lymphoma, but there is only one reason it couldn’t be seen. X-ray, CT, MRI. The lymphoma was sensitive to weak radiation injected from these devices, causing the tumor that had not already developed to shrink. I can't believe that the surgical extraction claimed by the hospital can provide more stable treatment.』
Chief Ha, who listened to the opponent's long argument, looked at Dowook.
”Johns Hopkins’ Head of neurosurgery said that. I have nothing to argue against it. It's too accurate.”
”The comparative analysis with MRI data from three years ago is surprising. We got hit with this one.”
”Hey…!”
Dowook spoke to Dr. Mitchell before Chief Ha screamed.
『Dr. Mitchell. Didn't you tie a knot in a hurry a few years ago because a patient's blood vessel burst? Four neurosurgeons rushed in and saved the critical cerebral arteries…….』
『Oh? Do you know that case?』
『Thanks to that attempt, we also saved one patient.』
Dowook bowed politely to Dr. Mitchell and continued the conversation.
『Dr. Mitchell's claim for treatment would be the use of whole brain radiation, but there is only one problem. Delayed neurotoxic side effects. Tom Brand, who has to continue his acting career, may end up with a walking disorder. However, surgical extraction can get rid of this side effect.』
『I don't know how extraction can rule out side effects. If you touch any deep blood vessels in the lower ventricular zone, you will damage the neuroscopes. The degree of walking disability will not a problem, but there will be after effects.』
『That's right. If you touch it even a little bit.』
Dowook opened a folder and displayed Kim Suhan’s surgical video to the part where the knot came out well on the screen.
『We won't touch anything else.』
The eyes of the five doctors who watched the video of four surgical tools suturing the patient's blood vessels with fantastic synchronicity grew bigger.
Among them, Dr. Ronshaw Mitchell's expression, who recognized that they had created a perfect technique based on their case, was close to astonishment.
Dowook asked calmly.
『Next person?』