When everything was done, Zheng Ren sat down. Before he could take a sip of water, someone knocked on the door. He seemed to know the person but could not recall who he was.
He was still carrying a bag of scans.
Had he seen the patient's family before?
Zheng Ren was in a daze.
"You are …" Zheng Ren asked.
"Chief Zheng, hello. I'm Cheng Lixue from the Secondary Hospital." The man approached Zheng Ren with a humble attitude and spoke carefully.
"Huh? Are you Chief Cheng? "Zheng Ren suddenly realized.
Cheng Lixue's mouth was filled with bitterness.
He had been ignored by a young doctor … It turned out that the man did not care about him. They had met and had a meal together, but he could not remember the next time they met.
It was no wonder. He was facing an expert in the field of interventional surgery who performed TIPS surgery with ease.
Although he was not famous yet, he had the skills. As long as his luck was not too bad, it was only a matter of time.
Cheng Lixue quickly adjusted his attitude. Regardless of the age difference, he first bowed deeply.
Zheng Ren was startled. Cheng Lixue's expression was serious. If he wore a black suit and a white flower, it would look like he was saying goodbye to a corpse.
Only then did Zheng Ren remember that he was still sitting.
He was facing a department chief from the Secondary Hospital who was also older than him. This was not good.
He quickly stood up and smiled apologetically. "Chief Cheng, you're too kind. The department just had something to do. I'm still recovering from it. Please forgive me. "
Zheng Ren's way of addressing Cheng Lixue had changed from 'sir' to 'you'.
However, his attitude was still good. Cheng Lixue felt a little better.
"Chief Zheng, I saw your TIPS surgery. It's world-class." Cheng Lixue sat down and explained the reason for his visit. "I fought with the hospital and the Secondary Hospital sent me here to learn TIPS surgery."
"…" Zheng Ren looked at Cheng Lixue, who was already in his fifties, and did not know what to say.
He had thought that the Secondary Hospital would send a middle-aged doctor in his thirties to learn TIPS surgery. He did not expect the department chief to come personally.
The problem was, even if he did not hide anything, would he be able to learn it?
Chief Cheng Lixue was different from Professor Rudolf Wagner. The professor was one of the world's top interventional doctors. After he proposed the hypothesis of diffusion-weighted MRI of the liver, the professor would be able to provide more opinions and possibilities.
Zheng Ren was certain that Professor Rudolf Wagner had completely mastered the new diagnostic and surgical method of TIPS surgery.
Although he was still slightly inferior to himself, that was because he had the System to help him.
Cheng Lixue, Director Cheng, could he learn it?
Cheng Lixue noticed the strange expression on Zheng Ren's face and understood why.
If it were not for the pressure in the hospital, he would not have come to Sea City General Hospital to learn TIPS surgery.
Cheng Lixue had paid a hefty price in the fight for a spot.
But those were all established facts, and it was just a matter of time.
A 40-year-old deputy director of the department took half of the team with him as the head of the group. The entire Department of Interventional Medicine was split into two, and he only had administrative power. He could no longer interfere in the patient's treatment.
Cheng Lixue had no choice but to swallow his pride and come to Sea City General Hospital to learn TIPS surgery.
During routine surgeries, Cheng Lixue had already started to go downhill. Time and tide wait for no man. This was an unbreakable truth for surgeons. It was even more so for interventional doctors.
However, he could not accept it. He was truly unwilling.
Before he came, he had already mentally prepared himself. He had to study hard like a student and not put on the airs of a department head.
However, as soon as he arrived at Sea City General Hospital, he was met with basin after basin of cold water.
Why did Chief Zheng have no EQ at all?
Cheng Lixue was extremely depressed, but he could not say anything. He could only grieve in his heart.
"Boss, the 64-slice CT scan with 3D-image reconstruction is done." Professor Rudolf Wagner walked in while the two of them were in an awkward situation.
Cheng Lixue subconsciously stood up and saluted him.
A few years ago, when he went to Heidelberg University for an exchange program, Professor Rudolf Wagner was dressed in a white suit, his blonde hair flowing in the wind, but his iron-fisted style had left a deep impression on Cheng Lixue.
However, the professor did not notice that there was an extra person in the room. He went straight to Zheng Ren and said, "Boss, take a look at the scans and see if I did it well."
"Yes." Zheng Ren pulled out the 64-slice CT scan with 3D-image reconstruction that the professor had just done for Zheng Yunxia and flipped through the images frame by frame.
64-slice CT scan with 3D-image reconstruction? Did it himself?
As soon as he arrived at Sea City General Hospital, Cheng Lixue's train of thought was overturned.
Was it not done by the people in the CT room using software? How could he do it himself?
Moreover, looking at Professor Rudolf Wagner's excited expression, Cheng Lixue boldly assumed that he had just learned how to do it. He was like a primary school student who had just finished his homework and was showing it off to his parents and teachers.
Zheng Ren's attitude was neither warm nor cold. His "yes" was even a little perfunctory.
"…" Cheng Lixue immediately calmed down. Professor Rudolf Wagner was the world's top professor, but he was not ashamed to learn from his subordinates and even stayed in Sea City General Hospital to study. Cheng Lixue was nothing compared to him!
He carefully moved behind Zheng Ren and found an angle to look at the computer screen through the professor's tall back.
They were both experts in imaging, so Cheng Lixue was no stranger to 64-slice CT scan with 3D-image reconstruction.
However, the image before him was beyond his knowledge.
The dense network of blood vessels was enough to make one's head spin.
It was a malignant tumor of the liver with lipiodol deposits. It seemed that the patient had undergone several postoperative procedures.
As he looked at it, Zheng Ren pulled out the previous scans and compared them together.
Cheng Lixue's eyes instantly widened like walnuts.
He did not understand TIPS surgery. However, he could still understand interventional radiology for liver cancer after fifteen years of experience.
The tumor in the previous scan was about ten centimeters wide and there was an external blood supply. This was a terminal tumor.
Cheng Lixue did not know the patient's condition.
However, based on the scans, it was already fortunate that the patient could live for six months.
But …
Was this the same person's scan?
"Chief … Chief Zheng, did you perform this surgery?" Cheng Lixue suddenly felt guilty.
Chief Zheng from Sea City General Hospital was not only good at TIPS surgery, but he was also good at interventional radiology for liver cancer.
"Yes, I did the first treatment two months ago, followed by a consolidation treatment. This is the third time, so it should be cured, "Zheng Ren said perfunctorily as he compared the scans before and after.
Cured …
Was Chief Zheng joking or speaking the truth?
"Chief Zheng, can … can it be cured?" Cheng Lixue asked, trembling.
"Who are you? Where did you come from?" Professor Rudolf Wagner hated it when people interrupted his discussion with Zheng Ren. He glared at Cheng Lixue and asked in a sarcastic tone, "Are you sure you're okay? 8)
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