931 Neanderthal (2/2)

This could be considered a technique used by patients to receive proper treatment. If there was really a need, after obtaining a place in the Emergency Department, the Emergency Department would transfer them to specialized departments. Even though it involved going through unnecessary procedures, they would at least get to receive adequate treatment. Correspondingly, patients who sought treatment using this method had no control over which department they would be transferred to. It was just like a student who allowed the government to place him in whatever university they wanted after he passed his college entrance examination.

After that patient was sent into the operating theater for emergency surgery, he would have even less control over who the surgeon was. Doctor Zhou did an exploratory laparotomy, and if the patient's illness required general surgery, Doctor Zhou could call a doctor from the General Surgery Department over. He could also ask Ling Ran to do it or do it himself. However, if he found out that the patient suffered from an illness that required other kinds of surgery, he would have to call over doctors from other departments.

Ling Ran listened to Doctor Zhou as the latter explained the patient's situation. After he wiped his hands dry, he tossed the towel into a pail. He crossed his hands before his chest and returned to the operating theater. He saw that Ren Qi who was acting as the assistant was aspirating the thick, blood-like fluid in a flustered manner.

”Are there fresh blood oozing out?” Ling Ran craned his head to look at the patient's abdominal cavity.

”Yes, the situation inside the abdominal cavity is very complicated.” As a doctor who was there for in-service training, Ren Qi had seen many things and was considered very experienced. He could be said to be a well-rounded member of the Ling Treatment Group. If a person were to put it in more practical terms, he could compare Ren Qi to a blue-collar worker at the prime of his life. Even though that blue-collar worker was not exceptionally talented or skillful, because of his years of experience and hard work, he could be put into good use in various kinds of occasions.

He was not especially good at anything and was just an ordinary doctor. But he did really have any obvious flaw, and he rarely made any mistakes. Even when he made mistakes, they were mistakes that could be easily rectified. Hence, he had plenty of opportunities to participate in surgeries within the Ling Treatment Group.

Despite that, Ren Qi was mediocre when it came to observing the situation.

Doctor Zhou looked at the patient's abdominal cavity and gently fiddled with the organs a little. ”The problem right now is that the adhesion is too serious. His abdominal cavity has adhered to the abdominal wall, and the cauda of his pancreas is surrounded by the adhered structures. And the blood is probably oozing out from his spleen…”

Ling Ran hummed in acknowledgment and looked at the patient's abdominal cavity too.

Exploratory laparotomy could be said to be the ultimate method to detect bugs in a patient's abdominal cavity. Take the patient on the operating table as an example. Even though he had done many scans and examinations, the source of his symptoms could not be traced. But exploratory laparotomy showed that there was hemorrhage in his spleen and that there were many adhered structures in his abdominal cavity. A diagnosis was easily made.

”Seems like a chronic splenic rupture.” Doctor Zhou sighed and said, ”With such serious adhesion, I'm afraid that we'll have to remove his spleen along with the cauda of his pancreas.”

Ling Ran raised his head a little and said, ”I've never done it before.”

”Alright… If you can't do it, I'll call someone from the General Surgery Department over…”

”I can separate the spleen and the cauda of the pancreas.” Ling Ran's words gave Doctor Zhou a pleasant surprise.

Doctor Zhou immediately became elated, but he became a little hesitant soon after that. ”Don't force yourself. What if something wrong happens? It would be good enough if we can keep the rest of his pancreas…”

”I'll give it a try.” Ling Ran did not promise anything either. The pancreas was renowned for being a very tender organ. If a person were to hold a pancreas, he would feel like he was holding a bag of oil. It was extremely difficult to separate the pancreas from other structures.

Doctor Zhou immediately felt at ease. He said with a smile, ”It would be best if separation is possible…”

”Oh, by the way, tell Zuo Cidian that I'm doing this.” Ling Ran reminded Doctor Zhou. This surgery would definitely take more than one and a half hours.

Doctor Zhou hummed in acknowledgment and asked, ”What's Zuo Cidian up to?”

”Hospital Director Bo from Junan Clinic invited the director of Dongjia Group over. They're probably going to arrive at the VIP patient building soon,” Ling Ran explained.

Doctor Zhou's eyes almost shot out of his sockets. ”Today?”

”Yeah. He sent me a message half an hour ago to say that they have landed.”

”They're here today, I mean, now?” Doctor Zhou confirmed again.

Ling Ran nodded. ”I'm going to get started with the separation.”

After he said that, he ignored Doctor Ling and started operating on the patient.

Doctor Zhou stood beside Ling Ran and muttered. 'So, I've still gotten myself into trouble, haven't I?'