Chapter 651 The Song Family Finally Agrees, Director Lou Takes the Credit
The human body's blood circulation system is spread throughout the body and is extremely rich in blood vessels.
Especially the capillaries and small blood vessels, which are even denser than the dense fibrous roots of seedlings.
When one of the larger blood vessels has a problem, the surrounding blood vessels will automatically replace the larger blood vessel that has a problem. Eventually, one or two blood vessels will continue to grow and become new larger blood vessels.
In this way, the blood path was changed.
Sometimes, this change in blood flow can save lives and can also be considered a self-adaptation of the body.
After all, our human body has gone through at least 6.5 million years of evolution and competition, and has survived the extremely harsh and cruel competition to this day. The human body is more powerful than you think.
Zhou Can secretly thought about the possible impact that the change in the blood flow of this blood vessel might have on the patient.
The patient currently suffers from complete hearing loss.
Changes in this blood pathway may be related to hearing loss.
He decided to look up the arteries in the book and check the diagram of the brain anatomy, and this blood vessel was an artery.
In fact, arteries tend to be more susceptible to change, with faster flow and higher pressure inside them, while veins are more moderate.
However, each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Arteries are prone to plaques and vascular sclerosis, while veins are prone to varicose veins and thrombosis, especially in the veins of the lower limbs.
After flipping through the human head anatomy atlas and finding the blood vessel page, he carefully compared the abnormal blood pathways found in the patient's head color ultrasound.
The location of the problematic blood vessel was quickly discovered.
"I didn't expect that it was this artery that was changed. Although the end of this blood vessel supplies blood to an area of the brain, it is not the hearing area!"
The brain's functional areas can be divided into multiple areas, some of which are responsible for hearing, some for vision, and some for pain in the upper limbs... All the nerve functions of the body are related to the brain.
After further research, Zhou Can discovered that changes in the area supplied by this blood pathway may cause atrophy of part of the brain tissue that was originally supplied by this blood pathway.
The patient's gradual hearing loss may be related to this.
The question is, can brain tissue recover after it has atrophied?
Why does shrinkage of this part of the brain lead to hearing loss?
After careful reasoning, Zhou Can believed that the biggest possibility was that the atrophy of this part of the brain tissue might have affected the hearing area.
In fact, this area itself is very close to brain tissue in the hearing area.
Although he now has extensive experience in neurosurgery and neuroendosurgery diagnosis and treatment, his diagnostic level has even reached level seven.
It is possible that he is even stronger than Wu Baihe from the outside world and Director Yin Hua from the inside world.
But he still had some uncertainties.
After discussing with Wu Baihe, it was finally decided to seek the family's opinion and perform a craniotomy.
There are definitely risks in craniotomy. It is possible that there will be no significant gain after the craniotomy, or it may be found that nothing can be done, and the patient's cranial cavity is ultimately closed.
After communicating with the family members, I didn’t expect them to be highly cooperative.
This surprised Zhou Can very much.
So we arranged the operation according to the procedure, and after discussion with the family, we decided that if the patient could be treated after craniotomy and exploration, we would perform the operation and provide treatment on the spot.
After opening the skull, Zhou Can found that his diagnosis was extremely accurate.
The blood flow in that small area of the patient had indeed changed, and the brain tissue atrophied after losing its abundant blood supply.
Even the color becomes particularly grayish.
After testing the EEG functional signals, it was finally determined that the nerve function in this area was almost completely lost.
At this point, the real cause of the patient's hearing loss has basically been determined.
His current vascular anastomosis skills are at the expert level, or level seven.
Repairing this bloody road is a piece of cake.
After the blood circulation was repaired on the spot, the long-dry brain area regained abundant blood supply. Previously, it relied on some tiny capillaries to supply blood and keep it from necrosis.
It's like hanging on to its life.
Now that the blood supply has been restored, its color is changing, almost noticeably to the naked eye.
The brain tissue is also becoming fuller little by little.
However, it will take a long time to fully recover.
It may take as fast as half a month or as slow as one or two years.
"Test the auditory nerve function again."
Zhou Can said to his assistant.
After the test, the assistant said excitedly, "The auditory nerve signal seems to have recovered a little, but it is still very mild. It seems that your diagnosis is correct. It is the atrophy of this piece of brain tissue that causes hearing loss."
The doctors present felt that this top-level neurosurgery was more like a feast.
You can learn a lot from the side.
Zhou Can nodded and checked again. After making sure there was no problem, he asked his assistant to close the cranial cavity.
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After the operation, the patient's hearing recovered a little.
The family members were extremely surprised, and they were respectful and affectionate to Zhou Can as if they had seen a living Bodhisattva.
Later on, Zhou Can didn’t dare to go to that ward.
About eight days later, the patient was discharged from the hospital. His hearing is gradually recovering and is improving.
About twenty days later, the family members rushed to the emergency department early in the morning to find Zhou Can and presented him with banners and local specialties from his hometown.
They told Zhou Can that their son's hearing had almost recovered.
I can now communicate with people normally.
This helped them get rid of a huge burden, and also helped their son regain his confidence and become much more cheerful.
Zhou Can was also very happy to hear this good news.
Everything was as he expected.
However, I didn’t expect that the recovery time would be shorter than expected. In just over twenty days, the atrophied brain tissue had almost recovered after regaining abundant blood supply.
Zhou Can accepted the banners from the family members, but refused to accept the local specialties from his hometown, including honey, dried fungus, and a large bottle of tea oil.
The family members insisted that he accept it.
Finally, Zhou Can could not resist the kindness of the family members and accepted the gift, but he gave the family members 1,000 yuan as their travel expenses to go home.
It is equivalent to spending money to buy these local specialties.
Su Qianqian has been pregnant recently, and it is actually quite good for her to drink some farm honey and eat some dishes cooked with tea oil.
These things can be bought normally, but it is not easy to buy the real ones.
The gifts given to him by his family out of gratitude must be genuine.
It was around eight o'clock in the evening of the day when Zhou Can received the banners and local specialties from the family. He had just finished an interventional surgery in the neurology department and was preparing to go home.
Received a strange phone call.
The number is very special, showing that it is the area code of the imperial capital.
Zhou Can had accumulated some connections in the imperial capital. Many of the dignitaries he had cured asked for his phone number out of gratitude. They even added him as a WeChat friend and would greet him during festivals.
The last time he got married, many powerful and wealthy people from the Imperial Capital and the Magic City came.
It’s just that these people are relatively low-key.
Will not reveal identity to outsiders.
Answer the phone.
"Hello, who are you looking for?"
"Doctor Zhou, I'm Song Qingming. If you have time now, I'll send a car to pick you up."
An extremely low and majestic voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Are you Mr. Song's brother?"
Zhou Can didn't know who Song Qingming was, but he vaguely remembered the voice of the head of the Song family.
"It's me."
"I just got off work. Where are you? I can just come over to see you. If you're in the capital, I'm afraid that won't work. I have surgery tomorrow."
"I'm at home, come over! I'll ask Butler Bian to pick you up at the gate of the community."
"Okay! See you later."
Zhou Can waited until the other party hung up the phone before going to the underground parking lot and driving to the Song family.
This time when he visited the Song family, he was obviously received with high standards of courtesy.
The head of the Song family talked with him for nearly 40 minutes, and the questions he asked were basically all related to Mr. Song's treatment. In the end, he agreed to let Zhou Can perform surgery on Mr. Song.
It was stated that the person would be transferred to Tuya Hospital tomorrow morning.
After leaving the Song family, Zhou Can still couldn't hide his excitement.
From thinking about doing this, to constantly working hard and making various preparations, to finally getting the Song family's consent, he has paid so much.
A person's life is only a few decades long, and even the longest-lived ones only live for a hundred years or so.
Gotta do something meaningful.
Dr. Xu treated him with great kindness. Seeing his mentor suffer misfortune and sink in the abyss for the rest of his life, he naturally wanted to do his best to help his mentor out of the predicament.
"This Patriarch Song should have been paying attention to me since he talked to me last time. This time, he called me just after the hearing-impaired young man recovered. I'm afraid there is some connection between the two."
Zhou Can could understand the caution and steadiness of these superiors.
Because they have extremely abundant medical resources at their disposal, a wide range of choices, and they know much more information than ordinary people.
He would only agree if he was sure that Zhou Can's surgery on his brother was safe, reliable, and had a high probability of success.
It’s really not easy.
Next, I hope that Mr. Song’s surgery goes well.
That night, after returning home, Zhou Can gave the local specialties he had received to Su Qianqian.
She tasted some of the honey with great delight and praised it highly.
In fact, for a family like theirs, this kind of original honey is just a curiosity at best. You can buy as much better royal jelly as you want.
And you can be guaranteed that what you buy is genuine product, not adulterated.
Zhou Can knew very well how risky it was to perform surgery on Mr. Song, so he told Su Qianqian about it.
Now that they are husband and wife, there are some things that cannot be hidden from her.
Even white lies are not allowed.
Husband and wife must be honest with each other.
After Su Qianqian heard this, she was silent at first. It can be seen that she definitely didn't want her husband to take such a big risk.
But seeing Zhou Can's determined eyes and based on her understanding of Zhou Can, she knew that there was no way to persuade him.
Zhou Can sometimes seems cold and ruthless, but that is relative.
He is very affectionate towards the people around him and those who have done him favors.
"Hubby, since you've made up your mind, let's do it. You also said that the worst result is that we will lose all our money and live in poverty. I can bear this result. As long as I'm with you, I don't care whether I have money or not."
With a wife like this, what more could a husband ask for?
Zhou Can held her tightly in his arms. With his wife's support, he no longer had any worries.
When we rushed to the hospital the next day, Mr. Song's family acted very quickly and transferred Mr. Song directly to the emergency department of Tuya Hospital.
The person was placed directly in the intensive care unit of the emergency department.
When the newly appointed President Gao heard the news, he was attentive and warmly received the guests and made all the arrangements personally.
Power is a good thing.
Countless high-level resources can be mobilized easily, and basically for free.
"Young man, the master of the family is busy and can't be here with you. He asked us to follow your arrangements and make every effort to ensure the smooth and safe operation."
Butler Bian said to Zhou Can.
"Thank you Song family for your trust in me. I will do my best."
Zhou Can expressed his position on the spot.
"Director Zhou, this matter is of great importance. The hospital and its staff fully support you in doing this. If you need anything, I will personally arrange it for you to ensure that everything goes well."
President Gao desperately seized this opportunity to curry favor with the Song family.
He would be the same even if the head of the Song family was not here.
Since President Gao took office, Zhou Can's relationship with President Gao has not been good.
Although there was no direct conflict between the two, it could be felt that President Gao seemed to be very afraid of him and suppressed him in many ways. In particular, Zhou Can's power in the administrative leadership of the hospital was almost eliminated.
Including his position as deputy director of the Quality Control Department, which has now been replaced by Han Cheng, a special assistant under President Gao.
Zhou Can used to have a big say in the hospital's medical quality control work, but now he is almost just a passerby.
Qin Yuanzhu is even worse off than him.
Every day at work I just sit in the office, read newspapers, and do some miscellaneous work related to hospital management.
There were many other people who were suppressed, including the former director of the hospital office.
The hospital office was originally under the direct jurisdiction of the dean. It was normal for President Gao to be worried about the veterans left by the previous dean and want to replace them with his own confidants.
This is also why when a new leader takes office in an organization, countless people rush to curry favor with him.
Because everyone wants to be on top.
After all, Director Fang holds a high position, so it is definitely impossible to directly remove her from her position.
The hospital is not a place where President Gao has the final say.
They seized the opportunity, put a criminal accusation on Yin Ying, who worked in the Medical Department, and promoted him directly to the position of director of the hospital office.
Director Fang was forced to be promoted to vice president.
The kind that has no real power.
I have to say, although it is unclear what President Gao’s management level is, his methods are quite powerful.
Now the power of Tuya Hospital is basically firmly controlled by him.
However, the Clinical Department has its own unique approach and is the core of the hospital's revenue generation. It will take a long time for President Gao to infiltrate and control it.
At present, it seems that only Director Lou of the Emergency Department has sided with President Gao.
The directors and experts of other clinical departments all have their own pride and don't really buy into President Gao's account.
President Gao did not dare to provoke these technical talents easily.
For the time being, a delicate balance is maintained.
I guess President Gao is also waiting for an opportunity.
For example, when Dean Tan of the Department of Internal Medicine and Dean Xie of the Department of Surgery retire, he will have an opportunity.
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At this time, Director Lou also rushed over after hearing the news.
He must have rushed here from home after getting the news.
After learning that Zhou Can was going to perform surgery on Mr. Song, Director Lou seemed a little annoyed.
After arriving, he first greeted President Gao, then looked at Zhou Can with a cold face.
"Xiao Zhou, why didn't you report such a big thing to me? Do you still take me, the deputy director of the emergency department, seriously?"
This was the first time Director Lou scolded Zhou Can in public.
There was anger in his tone and his expression was extremely stern.
"President Gao, I have a request. Mr. Song is of noble status, and I must take the lead in such a big event as presiding over the operation for him. Xiao Zhou is too young. Although he has good skills, he still lacks experience. With me taking the lead, we can better coordinate and arrange the medical resources of the emergency department, and also add another bumper to the safety during the operation."
Director Lou made a request and his attitude was extremely firm.
It seems like he is deliberately trying to steal the credit.
Because if we can cure Mr. Song through surgery, it will be a huge achievement.
Director Lou naturally refused to let it go.
"Well, Dean Lou's request is reasonable and will be beneficial to Mr. Song's surgery. I agree with it."
President Gao nodded in agreement.
Director Lou is currently the only vice president who sides with President Gao.
Director Lou naturally could not refuse this opportunity to gain credit.
"Thank you for your support, President Gao! Xiao Zhou, why are you still standing there? Hurry up and arrange for the personnel to prepare for the operation! If anything goes wrong, I will hold you responsible."
In fact, Director Lou had not called Zhou Can "Xiao Zhou" in public for a long time, but instead called him Director Zhou.
This time, Zhou Can did it behind his back, and it was obvious that it made him very angry.
