Chapter 1152

Professor Liu was overjoyed, and at the same time, Zheng Ren's phone rang.

"Wang Zong." Zheng Ren answered the call and greeted.

"Oh, okay, I'll go take a look."

After saying that, Zheng Ren hung up the phone.

"Boss, you're back so busy." Gao Shaojie said with a smile, also feeling some regret. Zheng Lao Ban is simply too busy; it looks like doing teaching surgery will be difficult.

"General Surgery ran into a problem; they asked Wang Zong to go up and take a look—isn't that why the call came through?" Zheng Ren laughed: "Section Chief Zhou, I'm going to the Big External Operating Room to take a look."

"Mm, you're busy, you're busy." Section Chief Zhou also received a call from Dean Xiao, preparing to go explain right away, and hurriedly took his leave.

Going to the Big External Operating Room, it wouldn't be appropriate for Gao Shaojie, Professor Liu, and Wang Qiang to follow along. They planned to talk a bit, catch Zheng Ren, and nobody wanted to just let him go like that.

Zheng Ren didn't mind; if it was convenient, he'd just do a surgery, no big deal. He and Xiao Yi Ren reported their schedule and rushed all the way to the Big External Operating Room.

Wang Zong waited for Zheng Ren in the changing room; seeing Zheng Ren rush over, he said, "Zheng Lao Ban, Director Sun has something to do; there will be a ward round upstairs."

"What patient?"

"Preoperatively considered gastric cancer, requiring resection surgery. But after opening, the situation was off, and Director Sun was also cautious."

Thinking of Director Sun, Zheng Ren smiled.

I don't know how his little grandson's recovery is going; Director Sun has always been careful and cautious—frankly, he's not really fit to be a chief. With Liu Tianxing around, the General Surgery Department can still hold up. When Liu Tianxing falls ill, the department's business shrinks, which is to be expected.

It's not that Director Sun's surgical skills are poor; he's simply timid.

He wants to retire smoothly, without inviting any trouble.

But in surgery, the heart is separated from the abdomen—who can guarantee that opening will reveal exactly what's expected? If Wang Zong could stay in Hai Cheng, he'd likely become head of the General Surgery Department within three years.

However, he's from the 912 【group】, so he definitely wouldn't stay.

"Gastric cancer—is it because the adhesions are too severe?" Zheng Ren asked.

Wang Zong shook his head, indicating he didn't know. The two changed clothes, put on caps and masks, and went in.

Opening the operating room's airtight door, Director Sun stood in the surgeon's position, back to the door, and didn't see the two right away. The assistant was the Inpatient Chief from General Surgery's Second Section; he raised his head to greet, saw a familiar face, and froze.

"Is Wang Zong here? Help me take a look, see what this is." Director Sun saw the assistant at the first-assistant position raise his head, didn't turn back, and spoke directly.

Director Sun's language was very courteous and familiar; it seemed he often bothered Wang Zong.

"Zheng..." the Inpatient Chief said in astonishment.

"What's the fuss? This is surgery. You called Wang Zong to take a look—you're not supposed to talk like that." Director Sun scolded.

"Chief, it's Chief Zheng who's here." The Inpatient Chief stammered.

Director Sun's hand twitched slightly, surprised, he asked: "Who?"

He said this while turning his head to look.

Between Zheng Ren's mask and cap, his smiling eyes appeared before them—gentle and with a touch of simplicity.

Sure enough, it was Zheng Ren!

"Ah, Chief Zheng, when did you get back?" Director Sun immediately exclaimed with delight.

"I arrived in the early morning, came back to see the old chief." Zheng Ren said.

Director Sun naturally knew that the "old chief" referred to Director Pan, and certainly not himself, and definitely not Liu Tianxing.

"Perfect, perfect, Chief Zheng, Wang Zong, help me take a look." Director Sun hadn't forgotten the surgery; having Zheng Ren there was the best, so he hurriedly said.

"The patient is a 66‑year‑old male; a physical exam found a gastric wall mass, considered gastric cancer, admitted from outpatient, no surgical contraindications, so he's up for surgery." Director Sun briefly gave the history: "Chief Zheng, help me take a look—I don't see how this looks like gastric cancer."

Zheng Ren stepped behind Director Sun and peered forward.

Adhesions in the abdomen were severe; the surgery had been going on for who knows how long, the dissection was a mess. However, the mass near the gastric wall had already peeked out, bleeding profusely.

"Has the patient had surgery before? Any past history?" Zheng Ren asked.

Usually, such severe adhesions result from prior surgery or trauma.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be this bad.

"According to the patient's own history, he's had no surgery and no major trauma." The Inpatient Chief reported immediately.

"Hmm?" Zheng Ren leaned forward a bit and glanced at the patient's system diagnosis.

The system diagnosis had nothing to do with gastric cancer; it was a gallbladder disease—old gallbladder rupture.

What the heck is this? Zheng Ren thought, then said: "Director Sun, dissect upward a bit and look at the gallbladder area."

The patient's self‑report can only serve as a reference; sometimes patients overlook many things, which is common in clinical practice.

Saying there's no major trauma, the credibility of such self‑report is absolutely no more than 10%. (Note 1)

Director Sun paused, looking at the hopelessly messy adhesions in the abdomen, and asked carefully: "Chief Zheng, Wang Zong, why don't you lend a hand?"

Zheng Ren smiled, nodded, and said: "The surgery is fairly difficult; I'll have Yi Ren assist—is that okay?"

Director Sun naturally wouldn't object; he just had to wait a moment, and that was fine.

Zheng Ren's hands were itching; the surgical instruments had been sterilized early this morning but hadn't been used yet. For a surgery of this difficulty, it was perfect to use the instruments Dr. Charles gave him.

"Yi Ren, Big External Operating Room, there's a surgery—come lend a hand and bring the surgical instruments." Zheng Ren called Xie Yiren, then he and Wang Zong began scrubbing in.

"Zheng Lao Ban, what are you doubting?" While scrubbing his hands, Wang Zong asked.

"The patient's abdominal adhesions are too severe; there's no doubt, they need to be separated and explored. However, it doesn't look like stomach cancer, let's go up and see." Zheng Renye expressed doubt about Big Pig Trotter's diagnosis.

Something grew on the stomach, yet Big Pig Trotter told himself it was a gallbladder disease—this isn't nonsense, is it? However, Zheng Ren still trusts Big Pig Trotter a lot; he didn't simply doubt, but decided to go and check.

Wang Zong deeply agreed with Zheng Ren's answer; he thought the same.

With such severe adhesions, if surgery is ruled out, it means the patient has suffered trauma.

First, let's explore; take a frozen pathology during the operation, and we'll likely be able to confirm it.

After scrubbing hands and putting on his clothes to go on stage, the Inpatient Chief of General Surgery Section 2 directly made way, Director Sun also took the spot of the second assistant, waiting for Zheng Ren to come up.

It's been a while since I've seen Chief Zheng perform surgery; if Chief Zheng doesn't leave, I wouldn't have to be so anxious. Director Sun sighed a little.

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Note 1: Many patients examined discovered rib bone old fracture, at the time the fracture occurred they themselves didn't even notice, thought it was just a bruise.

This kind of thing is very common.