Chapter 411: Chapter 411: A Group of Red-Named Monsters!

Dong Qiangsheng was the eldest in the family, and after learning of the elder’s illness, he had his driver bring him back from the neighboring Northern River Province.

Dong Qiangsheng was somewhat capable, serving as the deputy head of a district government in the capital city of Northern River Province, a position with real power. He rushed back this time without giving much thought.

Upon hearing several experts say how difficult it was, he felt uncertain, but seeing the elder lying in bed drowsy and almost asleep, as the eldest, he was incredibly worried.

We can’t just leave things hanging like this, right?

After much thought, he decided to find a way himself and to look for experts to come and have a look.

“About this, Director, is it possible for my father to wait one more day?” Dong Qiangsheng asked Qian Liang.

Qian Liang said, “One day is possible, but it can’t be too long. Although the patient’s condition is currently stable, we are worried about deterioration. If we administer internal medicine now, it’s not a problem to maintain his condition. The main concern is that if we don’t operate, the illness might progress. We’ve seen such cases before where internal medicine was ineffective and without surgery, the development is very rapid.”

Dong Qiangsheng nodded, made up his mind, and took the opportunity to step out and make a call.

Before long, Dong Qiangsheng got in touch with the director of the Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery at 301 Hospital, Director Zhou Hongguang.

Director Zhou was a leading figure in the field of hepatobiliary surgery nationwide, and everyone in the circle knew that he was about to be elected an academician of the Academy of Sciences.

Zhou Hongguang gave Dong Qiangsheng a lot of face and decided to come to Dongyang Province overnight that same day.

Dong Qiangsheng was naturally very excited.

He hurried back into the ward and said, “Director Qian, Director Li, I’ve contacted Director Zhou from 301 Hospital. He says he’s coming over tonight, so can we make a decision tomorrow? Let’s just stabilize things for today.”

Upon hearing this, everyone was momentarily stunned.

Qian Liang asked curiously, “Director Zhou, are you referring to Director Zhou Hongguang?”

Dong Qiangsheng nodded, “Yes, that’s him.”

With that statement, everyone naturally had nothing to say.

After all… Director Zhou was the young leader of China’s hepatobiliary surgery, about to be elected as an academician, the vice-chairman of China’s hepatobiliary surgery. His stature was enormous!

People then looked at Dong Qiangsheng, realizing he had such great ability. Impressive!

However, for them, it wasn’t a bad thing; in fact, it was good news.

With Director Zhou’s arrival, whether the treatment was successful or not, it wouldn’t have much to do with them anymore. The responsibility and burden would be lighter, and they might even be able to establish a connection with Director Zhou, making it convenient to invite him to Dongyang Province for conferences or surgeries in the future.

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At nine o’clock the next morning, Dong Qiangsheng personally brought Zhou Hongguang to the Second Provincial Hospital.

And Qian Liang, not having any other tasks for the day, finished his shift early and arrived at the emergency department of the Second Provincial Hospital. As the chairman of the hepatobiliary surgery department in Dongyang Province, Qian Liang knew Zhou Hongguang and they had an old acquaintance; the two shared a good relationship and often attended meetings together.

Upon seeing Zhou Hongguang come in, Qian Liang hastened to greet him, “Director Zhou, long time no see!”

Zhou Hongguang saw Qian Liang and smiled, “Indeed, it’s been a long time, Director Qian.”

Since they were there for a consultation, there wasn’t much time for pleasantries, and after some preparations, everyone came to the bedside of Elder Dong.

Zhou Hongguang finished the examination and then discussed with Qian Liang, Zhang Youfu, and a few others.

After finishing, he looked at Dong Qiangsheng with a grave expression and said, “District Chief Dong, I have also understood the situation of your father now. My suggestion is actually consistent with Director Qian and the others: medical treatment has already lost its effect. Continuing to delay will definitely lead to a worsening situation.”

“However, regarding the surgery, I also have to make things clear to you. The difficulty is very high because of several reasons. First, your father is rather obese, and the fat layer in the abdomen is thick, which makes it very hard to locate the gallbladder once the surgery starts. Second, after the gallbladder inflammation has persisted for four days, extensive infection and adhesion in the abdominal cavity are almost unavoidable, which further increases the difficulty. Finally, and most importantly, the old man is too old and already has multiple underlying diseases, which undoubtedly adds to the surgical risk.”

“Gallbladder removal is definitely not tolerable for him. Even if he could tolerate it, I would not dare to proceed because, to tell you the truth, at this point, I estimate that separating the gallbladder would definitely injure the liver, which is inevitable. So, my recommendation is also to perform a cholecystostomy.”

At this point, Zhou Hongguang was Dong Qiangsheng’s last hope. Hearing Zhou Hongguang speak in this way, what more could he say? All he could do was to cooperate actively.

The surgery was quickly arranged, with Zhou Hongguang as the chief surgeon, assisted by Qian Liang and Zhang Youfu, along with Li Baoshan. For an operation of this caliber, to be involved, one at least needed to be at the director level.

However… the only exception was Chen Cang.

Li Baoshan was of considerable age; he actually didn’t need to come over just for the excitement. He came to embolden Chen Cang!

“Chen, come over here and take a look, learn a thing or two. This learning opportunity is rare!” Li Baoshan said with a smile.

Qian Liang nodded his head in agreement: “Yes, Chen, you come over. Director Zhou, no, soon we’ll have to start calling him Academician Zhou; he is currently a leading figure in hepatobiliary surgery in the country. You should watch carefully.”

Chen Cang nodded: “Hello, Teacher Zhou.”

Zhou Hongguang smiled as he glanced at Li Baoshan, “Director Li, is this your student?”

Li Baoshan smiled, “He is a doctor from our department, very gifted in surgery, learns everything quickly and performs well in operations.”

Zhou Hongguang smiled noncommittally and nodded his head.

He could see that Li Baoshan wanted to give Chen Cang an opportunity, so he went along with it without hesitation: “Chen, you assist me. Can you manage that?”

Upon hearing this, Chen Cang’s eyes lit up, an assistant role was great!

This implied a higher level of involvement in the operation, a chance to learn from close quarters!

Thinking of this, Chen Cang nodded, “Thank you, Director Zhou.”

Zhang Youfu and the others also smiled. To be honest, they had seen plenty of extraordinary surgeries and didn’t particularly care about one or two more, but Chen Cang was just starting out, lacking in practice and learning.

Given the special circumstances of the patient, if local anesthesia was used, it would entail a lot of complications. It required re-infiltration with an anesthetic in both the rectus abdominis and the peritoneum. After considering the options, they decided to use general anesthesia.

Zhou Hongguang took the scalpel and began an incision just below the right ribcage, swiftly making a downward angled cut, quite extended in length.

Chen Cang understood that this was probably done for full exposure of the base of the gallbladder, to provide a new venture for the operation.

The incision was gradually widened, revealing a thick layer of fat within the surgical field, and Chen Cang hurried to assist.

After a busy period, the abdomen was exposed, and as they opened up the entire abdominal cavity, a foul odor spread!

Zhou Hongguang’s face changed instantly as well!

The situation seemed to be even worse than he had anticipated, and as Chen Cang looked inside the abdominal cavity, the adhesions were quite severe. The smell was likely from bile-like purulent fluid, indicating a serious abdominal infection.

Meanwhile, as Chen Cang looked inside the abdominal cavity, he saw a cluster of oddities with red names and was perplexed!

ps: Just two updates for now. There will be three more at noon tomorrow. Actually, it would be more exciting to release five chapters at once, but they are not finished writing yet… No other way, tomorrow’s updates will be thrilling…