Chapter 284: 0278 Chief Zheng Has No Time (2/4)

The operator's skill is indeed high; it must be someone they themselves found.

Professor Rudolf Wagner only looked for less than a minute before confirming this.

The branches of the internal iliac artery are very fine, but the surgical images showed that during the procedure, the operator used the microguidewire in a super-selective manner without any effort.

To Professor Rudolf Wagner, a guide wire that seemed dangerously thick actually entered a fourth‑level blood vessel without any effort and began embolization.

"Kong, he's your partner, right?" Professor Rudolf Wagner asked in broken Chinese.

The professor is a language genius; he had been exposed to Chinese and studied it for a while before coming to China for travel. Simple communication is possible, he just usually doesn't want to speak.

Anyway, with an interpreter at hand, speaking his native language would be better; in his view, using the other party's language puts oneself at a disadvantage.

But now, isn't the situation different?

Director Kong nodded, also watching the surgery Zheng Ren was performing.

Director Xiao was stunned, a partner? To be called a partner by that German professor—does our hospital even have such talent?

Director Pan explained: "Director Xiao, not long ago, Zheng Ren was invited to Di Du to participate in a study of a new technique."

Director Xiao nodded, and the sweat dripped from the forehead of the office chief behind him.

Today after receiving the news that professors from Di Du and the German professor were visiting, the office chief became a bit confused, wondering why big-shot professors would come to Hai Cheng, or if they were rushing ahead—it's really strange.

However, he didn't make a fuss; instead, he secretly investigated the situation.

Normally, who would pay attention to what the clinical departments are doing? The office chief's main task is to flatter the director, not to monitor every move of the clinical departments like the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

But Director Xiao's current silence expresses his dissatisfaction.

Given Director Xiao's personality, if he glared at me, that would still be okay; saying nothing means he's angry.

The office chief seized an opportunity, hid in the Operating Room corridor, walked a few steps further, entered another Shujian, took out his phone, and dialed.

"Emergency Department, Zheng Ren, any recent news?"

"How did you become the head of the publicity department?!"

"I understand."

The office chief hung up the phone gloomily, staring at the sky. Outside the window, the sky had darkened, and light pollution reflected off the clouds, making the whole sky appear dark red.

Low and dim, like his mood.

Two days ago, the city TV station and Hai Cheng Urban Daily jointly notified the hospital, but that day Director Xiao happened to be at a meeting in Sheng Cheng, and I seemed to have forgotten.

No, it wasn't forgotten; it was scheduled in tomorrow morning's work report.

Damn it!

The head of the publicity department said, Zheng Ren actually ended up on TV?

Tch, who still watches TV these days? The office chief thought so, but still sent a message to his subordinates, telling them to quickly gather relevant materials.

Otherwise, if these things come up at the dinner table later and I know nothing about them, Director Xiao definitely won't think it's my responsibility.

The matter may not be my responsibility, but the blame will definitely be mine.

Returning to the Operating Room, the office chief quietly stood behind Director Xiao, and only then felt relieved.

But… why does the atmosphere feel so solemn?

"Chief Zheng is in surgery, he's temporarily unavailable." Chu Yanran held Zheng Ren's phone, her usual gentleness completely gone.

Xie Yiren felt it was strange, blinking her big eyes, not knowing what had happened.

"What's wrong?" Director Xiao, knowing Chu Yanran's background, saw she was angry and smiled to soothe her.

Chu Yanran hung up the phone, her spirits suddenly calmed. Although she wasn't happy, that sense of satisfaction was something she rarely encountered, and her whole demeanor changed.

She calmly said, "The diagnosis in Xiao Hua Nei Ke is wrong; the patient cannot be treated conservatively, and they want Chief Zheng to perform surgery."

"Huh? What's going on?" Director Xiao didn't understand.

Chu Yanran then explained what had happened earlier in the Emergency Department.

After that, the patient was admitted to Xiao Hua Nei Ke.

In Xiao Hua Nei Ke, the corresponding treatment was carried out. Because of acute abdominal pain, using analgesics is absolutely contraindicated, as it easily affects the doctor's judgment of the condition.

So the patient has been suffering.

After using antibiotics and related drugs, the patient's condition not only failed to improve but actually worsened.

Zhou Wenxiang's face remained gloomy.

As the patient's family member, no one could smile at this time.

Director Xia initially didn't notice; the pain of acute cholecystitis patients cannot be contained, pain is inevitable. But assuming the antibiotics have started to take effect, the patient's symptoms have not eased but instead worsened.

At this point, Director Xia recalled the words of the Inpatient Chief from the Emergency Department.

Gallbladder torsion? Impossible, absolutely impossible. Director Xia has practiced medicine for over thirty years and has only encountered one case of gallbladder torsion when he was young.

But… is it really impossible?

How come the patient's symptoms look so much like……

Director Xia hesitated.

But she didn't call Zheng Ren for a consultation, not for any other reason—she just couldn't afford to lose face!

She called Director Sun of the General Surgery Department II; after more than ten minutes, Director Sun rushed over for the consultation.

Looking at the patient's condition, Director Sun fell into contemplation.

"Old Sun, how do you judge?" Director Xia asked.

Director Sun was surprised in his heart; his first feeling was—that Zheng Ren was right!

It's not for any particular reason; just because he's been right so many times, why would he be wrong this time?

What? Gallbladder torsion is rare? Director Sun doesn't think he could miss such a thing.

Precisely because it's rare, we must be extra careful about this possibility.

"Hey, Old Sun!" Director Xia raised his voice displeasedly seeing Director Sun not speaking.

"Ah?" Director Sun finally came to his senses, "I think, if the pain continues, we can't stick with conservative treatment."

This is a very moderate statement; it doesn't mention the diagnosis at all, so nobody gets offended. Once on stage, the truth will come out, and we'll let the facts speak.

"Surgery?" Director Xia's tone shifted slightly.

"The diagnosis isn't clear; if you agree, just prepare for an exploratory laparotomy." Director Sun continued smoothly, he didn't say anything about the gallbladder, instead using exploratory laparotomy to explain.

"Let's wait for the urgent blood test results before we say anything." Director Xia said.

The diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases is indeed a major problem. Doctors never speak in absolutes like "100 percent." If someone does, they're definitely a quack, and a clumsy one at that.

But unfortunately, most people like to hear pleasant, definite statements, which is why charlatans can thrive.

Before this patient was admitted, all auxiliary test indicators pointed to simple cholecystitis, and a mild case at that, with little gallbladder hydrops.

The possibility of curing it conservatively is very high; Director Xia was certain of this.

But seeing the patient's pain grow worse, with not a hint of improvement, her firm confidence finally wavered.

Could it really be gallbladder volvulus, this rare disease?

The urgent test results came back quickly, showing clear inflammatory changes. Although only a few hours had passed, the condition had changed dramatically—enough to overturn the previous diagnosis.