Chapter 311: A Different Kind of Treatment

German Orthopedics? Ji Xiang was startled; could it be that orthopedic surgery is well-developed in Germany?

That makes sense, Germany's precision instruments are world-leading, and orthopedics is particularly dependent on equipment, but to insist on calling it "German Orthopedics" is a bit much.

Just as he thought this, Liu Zhuren continued, "Xiao Ji, don't listen to Sui Zhuren's nonsense. Our Urology Department has part of its name censored online, but for their Orthopedics Department, even just these two characters are considered taboo."

"What are you saying." Sui Zhuren stood up and reached out to flip through a stack of silk banners placed on the windowsill; Deng Chaohong hurried over to help.

Soon, Sui Zhuren found a silk banner and took it out; printed clearly on it were four large characters—German Orthopedics.

"There, a patient with a tibia and fibula fracture gave this when they were discharged."

"My god!" Liu Zhuren's eyes nearly popped out, "What does it mean for a patient to give you this kind of silk banner!"

Ji Xiang didn't understand either; he felt there seemed to be a massive secret hidden within, so he listened intently.

"Impressive, right." After showing it off, Sui Zhuren tossed the banner aside, feeling smug, "It's just because you all keep talking about 'German Orthopedics'; some patients don't know what it means and think it's a compliment to the hospital doctors for doing a good surgery, so they gave a silk banner when they were discharged."

"What exactly is German Orthopedics?" Ji Xiang asked since he didn't know.

"Xiao Ji, you actually don't know?"

This time, even Liu Zhuren was stunned, looking at Ji Xiang in confusion, thinking he was making a dirty joke.

However, seeing Ji Xiang's ignorant expression, he must really not know.

"I don't know." Ji Xiang and Liu Zhuren stared at each other with wide eyes.

"Go back and look it up online yourself." Sui Zhuren laughed, "Lao Liu, go back, we're going into surgery soon."

"Sui Zhuren, be nice to our Ji Yisheng," Liu Zhuren said as he stood up, "Don't push back and forth when we ask Xiao Ji to perform surgery."

"That depends on whether Professor Deng has a lot of work, right Professor Deng? After all, he is a member of our Orthopedics Department; if there's work, it has to be prioritized for our Orthopedics Department!" Sui Zhuren wouldn't give in just because of a few nice words; regardless of whether it was useful or not, he first bantered with Liu Zhuren.

Deng Chaohong knew he would definitely be caught in the middle, but he had still followed along at the time, and he had also successfully let Sui Zhuren see him and send Ji Xiang directly under his command.

"I will definitely cooperate fully," Deng Chaohong said, giving an ambiguous answer that offended no one.

Sui Zhuren didn't say much else to Ji Xiang either; he put his arm around Liu Zhuren's shoulder and walked him to the entrance of the ward. Not knowing what the two were talking about, they laughed heartily, patted each other on the back, and then said their goodbyes.

Zhao Tianjiao's eyes were already spitting fire with jealousy; he felt his spotlight had been completely stolen by Ji Xiang!

As he was leaving, Zhao Tianjiao glared viciously at Ji Xiang.

"Ji Yisheng, thank you for the patient from a few days ago," Deng Chaohong said softly as he took Ji Xiang to the shift handover.

"Teacher Deng, you are too kind."

"It's not kindness; the surgical blood loss was very low, and the surgery was quite satisfactory."

Arriving at the Doctor's Office, the shift handover began.

After the medical staff finished reporting the situation, Sui Zhuren coughed, "The day before yesterday, an emergency patient was sent to Gastrointestinal, and in the end, something went wrong. The patient's family complained, and the Medical Affairs Department issued a document for us to take as a warning."

"Zhuren, what happened?" someone asked.

After the handover, there was a brief moment of idle chatter; it wasn't mandatory, but if the Zhuren started talking, someone would definitely play along.

"Using cola for gastric lavage. The emergency doctor mentioned it, but after being sent to Gastrointestinal, the patient and the patient's family didn't accept it. In short, it was just a small matter, a misunderstanding in communication. The doctors in our department all have strong communication skills; just keep this in mind—it's better to say a few extra words than to cause trouble."

Ji Xiang tilted his head, wanting to ask, but seeing Professor Deng Chaohong listening intently to Sui Zhuren, he hesitated for a moment, then focused his mind and entered the System Operating Room.

"Teacher..."

Ji Xiang told the System NPC about the cola gastric lavage matter.

"Is there really any use for cola in gastric lavage?" Ji Xiang asked.

"That was a long time ago. A Greek doctor used cola to perform a gastric lavage on a patient and even published an article in the journal *European Journal of Gastroenterology*. There aren't many opportunities for clinical application, but it is somewhat useful."

"Uh..." Ji Xiang was curious.

"Want to try it?" the System NPC asked with a smile.

Ji Xiang nodded.

Cola gastric lavage, presumably using acidic substances to do something, but isn't stomach acid enough?

Arriving in the room next door, light and shadow flickered; before Ji Xiang could even open his eyes, a sharp pain surged through his abdomen.

"Ouch~~~" Ji Xiang couldn't help but cry out in pain.

"Doctor, Doctor, hurry and treat him, my dad is in severe pain!" a woman's voice came.

Ji Xiang didn't open his eyes; he seized the interval between the pains to recall.

"Himself" was a 72-year-old male patient who usually liked to drink a little alcohol, had a low tolerance, and had no previous medical history.

Starting yesterday, he suddenly had unbearable abdominal pain. Later, he vomited frequently, which led him to come to the hospital for an examination.

After initial blood tests and waiting for a few hours, the results came out, and a gastroscopy revealed it was actually a gastric bezoar!

Ji Xiang had heard of gallstones and Urological Calculus, and had even personally experienced Urological Calculus, but what the heck was a gastric bezoar!

"Painkillers cannot be used for the time being," the doctor's voice interrupted Ji Xiang's thoughts.

"We currently suspect a gastric bezoar, accompanied by incomplete obstruction, which requires surgical treatment," the doctor continued, "Using painkillers might delay the condition. Um, come with me, I'll explain a few treatment methods to you."

Ji Xiang clutched his stomach and tossed and turned for twenty minutes before the "daughter" returned.

"How can the doctors at 912 be so unreliable!" the daughter complained.

"What did the doctor tell you?" the patient's family member in the next bed asked.

"They said that because you're old, if you're worried about post-operative recovery, you could first try pouring cola into the gastric tube. Cola, it's really unreliable; I didn't understand it either, the doctor said a whole bunch of things," the daughter said with some anger, "It's really hard to believe this is 912, really..."

"They told us the same thing when we were hospitalized," the patient's family member in the next bed said, "We also refused and went straight to surgery, and they took out several large stones."

"Stones, my dad also has a gastric bezoar; can stones really grow inside the stomach?" the daughter asked in confusion.

"My old man likes to eat dried persimmons. The doctor said persimmons contain a substance that reacts with stomach acid in some way. What about your dad? Does he like to eat dried persimmons too?"

"My dad doesn't eat dried persimmons. When we were hospitalized, the doctor asked me for a long time before I remembered that a few days ago, my dad heard someone say hawthorn can lower blood pressure, so he dried a bunch of hawthorn and ate it with his liquor."

Ji Xiang suddenly recalled this part.

"The doctor said hawthorn with liquor easily causes gastric bezoars. Sigh, if only people didn't get sick. Usually fine, but once you get sick, it's truly suffering."

(End of chapter)