Chapter 486 - 279: He Guangzong’s Amazement
Chapter 486: Chapter 279: He Guangzong’s Amazement
Early the next morning.
The consultation room of the Emergency Surgery Department at Xingke University Hospital.
Director Liu Zhigang of Emergency Cardiac Surgery presided over the meeting. He had invited Director Gan Qi of the hospital’s Cardiac Surgery Department, the head of the Emergency Department, Director Chen Yanghui, and a special guest, Director He Guangzong from Fuwai Hospital.
Originally, today was the opening ceremony for a training camp at Fuwai, where He Guangzong was scheduled to give a speech. However, he had received a consultation invitation from Xingke University Hospital.
He Guangzong had been thinking about the young doctor who had appeared during yesterday’s surgery on the patient with the aortic dissection aneurysm. This consultation was the perfect opportunity to visit Xingke University Hospital and meet this promising young man in person.
He Guangzong had a strong desire to recruit this young doctor he had yet to meet. So, when he received Director Liu’s invitation, he eagerly came over.
Compared to the training camp’s opening ceremony, his priorities were clear. It was an easy choice to make.
After He Guangzong arrived at the emergency department’s consultation room, a junior doctor quickly came over to serve him tea and water.
With the dignified air of a master, He Guangzong returned the gesture calmly and greeted Director Liu, Director Chen, and Director Sun.
He Guangzong scanned the room, a little disappointed not to see the young man who had impressed him yesterday. ’I’ll just have to ask Director Liu about him after the consultation,’ he thought.
The other directors felt greatly honored by Director He’s presence.
He Guangzong was a very influential figure in Qinghe City. With his participation, they were completely confident they could provide the patient with the best possible diagnosis and treatment.
Once all the directors had arrived, Liu Zhigang signaled for the consultation to begin. A junior doctor distributed the prepared materials to each director.
"Xiao Jiang, present the patient’s detailed condition and all relevant data to the directors."
Jiang Ming currently had the lowest seniority and status in the entire emergency cardiac surgery team, so all the grunt work fell to him.
Jiang Ming acknowledged the order and skillfully opened the PowerPoint presentation he had prepared, displaying the organized data. It was clear he’d done this sort of thing many times before.
Jiang Ming had memorized everything the night before. At this moment, he was presenting almost entirely from memory, his delivery smooth and fluent.
Besides, Wu Ting had given him the "standard answer" in advance, so Jiang Ming wasn’t nervous at all. In fact, he was looking forward to the upcoming discussion.
Listening to Jiang Ming’s vivid report and the detailed, precise data, the directors present gave slight nods of approval.
He Guangzong looked at the materials in his hand, including the patient’s imaging scans, and listened to Jiang Ming’s fluent presentation. He, too, approved of the young doctor’s work; it was meticulous and thoroughly prepared.
After finishing his presentation, Jiang Ming returned to his "gopher" seat, switched the PowerPoint back to the first slide, and waited quietly.
Looking at the patient’s various physical examination records and imaging results, Director Chen, Director Liu, and Director Gan began their detailed analysis.
Aside from the directors, the other associate directors and attending physicians in attendance didn’t dare to breathe a word. They stared at the documents, anxiously organizing their thoughts. They were terrified of being called on and having nothing to say, yet also worried they wouldn’t be called on at all, thus missing any chance to prove themselves.
While the hospital’s own doctors were trying to sort out their thoughts, He Guangzong also carefully reviewed the patient’s condition. With his profound expertise in cardiac surgery, he mulled it over and had already arrived at a general conclusion.
He was actually quite surprised by this patient’s case. He hadn’t expected such a rare combination of cardiac malformations. If not for Fuwai’s extensive clinical experience, even he might have missed the diagnosis at first glance.
’Since I’m here anyway,’ He Guangzong thought, ’I might as well see what these other doctors think. Can they identify this disease, or will they miss it?’
This kind of failed diagnosis or misdiagnosis would be excellent teaching material. He could use it later to caution his students and junior doctors.
He Guangzong was quite pleased he had come to this consultation. It added another classic case of Berry syndrome to his portfolio.
Fuwai Hospital’s greatest advantage in Qinghe City was its ability to admit the highest number of rare and difficult cases from all over the country, taking in many patients that lower-level hospitals couldn’t treat. This had given He Guangzong a wealth of experience and allowed him to accumulate considerable expertise in diagnosing and treating all sorts of extremely rare and complex diseases.
The incidence of Berry syndrome among all congenital heart diseases is 0.046%!
The total number of reported cases is no more than 60, and He Guangzong himself had personally diagnosed and treated 13 of them.
Of course, those 13 cases were spread across his long career, averaging about one every few years. From the very first case to the most recent one, the relevant surgical plans had been iterated and improved upon many times.
While the other doctors were still struggling to find the cause of the patient’s condition, He Guangzong was already contemplating how to formulate the best surgical plan.
This patient had a combination of an atrial septal defect, aortic stenosis, pulmonary hypertension, patent ductus arteriosus, and an interrupted aortic arch...
No wonder even a highly experienced senior director like Director Liu was struggling to sort out his thoughts and come up with a comprehensive treatment plan.
After thinking for a moment, He Guangzong had more or less formulated a plan. He began to wait for the results from Director Liu, Director Gan, and the others.
While everyone was deep in thought, He Guangzong took the opportunity to observe the other doctors.
The few junior doctors who were there to learn watched for a while before their brains fried. A case this complex was far beyond their ability to solve. They could only pretend to study the documents diligently while secretly glancing up to see how everyone else was doing.