Liver cancer was not Ling Ran's favorite type of disease. Therefore, Ling Ran had never taken the initiative to seek liver cancer surgery.
In terms of numbers, the incidence of hepatolithiasis was much lower than that of liver cancer.
However, when patients with liver cancer came to him, Ling Ran did not intend to reject them.
However, this patient who came all the way from Guangdong Province could not be considered a "good" patient.
He was old and had a lot of underlying diseases. He would be a difficult case in any hospital.
Of course, if it was only primary cancer of the liver, Ling Ran could also handle it.
If it spread to the gallbladder, Ling Ran could also handle it. If it spread further, it would be beyond his ability.
Ling Ran decided to meet the patient first.
This was also something he rarely did.
Many surgeons did not like to meet patients for different reasons. Ling Ran did not like to meet patients because he did not like socializing.
However, if there was a need, Ling Ran would still be willing to meet the patient.
Qi Yuquan's family appeared in the single suite in the VIP patient building. Aside from the elderly Qi Yuquan, there were two sons, two daughters, two brothers and their children, two sisters and their children, and a group of grandchildren …
"Doctor Ling, this old man is either rich or powerful. Just say what you want to say, but don't say it too much." Zuo Cidian followed Ling Ran and used the mindset of a doctor and a cadre from the town hospital to remind Ling Ran in a low voice.
From what he saw on a daily basis, when the elderly in most families got sick, it was common for all their children to come. It was rare for all their siblings to come. It would be difficult if all their grandchildren, daughters-in-law, and son-in-law were also present.
This was especially so for teenagers who were clearly in their rebellious phase. Even if their parents asked them to come, they might not necessarily listen. Besides, teenagers were very busy with their studies and lives. If they wanted to gather them together and make them quiet, they would need the presence and financial resources of a big family.
Ling Ran did not know that he had entered the room. He just nodded and sat opposite Qi Yuquan.
"Doctor Ling, you're so young." The seventy-three-year-old Qi Yuquan looked at Ling Ran as if he was looking at his grandson.
He did not mean it in a derogatory manner. He just felt that Ling Ran was too young.
Qi Yuquan was a little disappointed. He sighed and said, "When Young Meng introduced you to me, he said that you perform liver surgery very well. Hmm … Doctor Ling, how many liver cancer surgeries have you performed?"
"When we doctors talk about liver cancer surgery, we usually mean hepatectomy. Doctor Ling has performed more than five hundred cases, and he's one of the best in Yun Hua Hospital, "Zuo Cidian answered on behalf of Ling Ran.
"Five hundred cases is too much," Qi Yuquan's brother could not help but say.
Qi Yuquan glanced at him and said, "You should ask someone about this first before you speak."
"Oh, yes." The younger brother, who was in his sixties, was as obedient as a cat.
"I heard that Doctor Ling has operated on Elder Mei before. Is that true?" Qi Yuquan brought up this example without any surprise.
Ling Ran smiled and said nothing.
Qi Yuquan also smiled and said, "Doctor Ling, you can see it too. I'm richer than ordinary people, but my illness can't be cured with money. I'll have to trouble you to help me."
Silently, he took the initiative in his own hands.
Just as Ling Ran was about to answer, Zuo Cidian coughed and said, "Doctor Ling, I have something to attend to …"
As he spoke, Zuo Cidian dragged Ling Ran out of the room.
What Qi Yuquan said just now confirmed the fact that Meng Shan had sent a patient over.
This made Zuo Cidian think more. If the previous few patients with Achilles tendon ruptures could be described as normal, the one in front of him was obviously a little different.
First of all, he was a patient who could afford to stay in a suite in the VIP patient building.
And this kind of patient had always been the favorite of private hospitals. Meng Shan might know the old man or his family. Therefore, even though Meng Shan did not perform hepatectomy himself, he could still influence the old man's choice of medical treatment.
Under such circumstances, Meng Shan did not recommend Qi Yuquan to a doctor he was familiar with, but to Ling Ran. What did this mean? It meant that the old man's condition was extremely complicated.
The few patients that Meng Shan had sent over before were all patients who were not suitable for his Eastern Science Hospital. In short, they were patients who were not very rich and were not famous. They might have just registered in a private hospital, but it was unlikely that they could afford the full fees of a private hospital.
For ordinary private hospitals, such patients might have to find a way to keep them. He might have to think of a way to keep such patients around, but for a well-known sports medicine expert like Meng Shan, there was no need for him to do so at all. He might have been sent to Ling Ran with the intention of looking for trouble, or it might have been another form of discrimination. This was what Zuo Cidian thought before this.
However, the patient in front of him might be a pure scam.
No matter what kind of illness a seventy-three-year-old old man had, it could be very complicated.
If something unexpected happened to a disease like liver cancer, the patient might not even be able to get off the operating table. What would be the result of that?
The more Zuo Cidian thought about it, the more worried he became. He could not help but say to Ling Ran, "Doctor Ling, didn't you say that you didn't like cancer patients before? This patient is old and has a lot of underlying diseases. Don't take him in. I'll explain it to them. "
Ling Ran shook his head firmly. "It's precisely because the patient is old and has a lot of underlying diseases that I want to operate on him."
"What do you mean?"
"The five-year survival rate for liver cancer surgery is relatively low, and the probability of recurrence is also high. But with Qi Yuquan's age, as long as the surgery is performed well, his life expectancy and quality of life will be greatly improved. It might not be as good as a cure, but it's not that far from it." Ling Ran's answer was completely beyond Zuo Cidian's expectations.
Of course, Zuo Cidian did not intend to predict it.
If Zuo Cidian was the department director, he would most likely stop Qi Yuquan's surgery, but Ling Ran was his superior.
Zuo Cidian could only say in resignation, "Doctor Ling, have you ever thought that the patient might have other diseases, and it'll be very easy for him to collapse?"
"You're right. This is a big problem." Ling Ran said this, but he did not take it seriously. It was mainly because his hepatectomy skill level was too high. If he used Perfect Level Hepatectomy on liver cancer, the effect would only be better.
"That's why I said …"
Ling Ran waved his hand and no longer listened to Zuo Cidian's advice. He turned around and returned to the room. He asked Qi Yuquan to lie down and performed a physical examination.
"Take it." Ling Ran chatted with Qi Yuquan for a while before he gave Zuo Cidian an order.
Judging from his physical examination, PET scans, and other imaging films, Qi Yuquan's cancer cells should not have spread yet.
However, even if it had spread, Ling Ran was confident that he could increase the patient's survival rate. At most, he could just look for doctors from other specialties to work together.
For a seventy-three-year-old man, increasing the survival rate was already a very practical effect.
When he returned to the office, Ling Ran even summoned the Virtual Human and simulated a copy of Qi Yuquan's body.
Since he wanted to do it, he must do it well!
After Ling Ran closed the office door, he summoned the virtual scalpel and made a large incision on the virtual Qi Yuquan.
"Hmm … It's quite special." Ling Ran secretly nodded while he practiced with the Virtual Human.
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