Being the only student made it difficult for her to ask questions. Moreover, in such a surgical setting, dical students are expected to observe first and then discuss with the teachers afterward. If there were more students, she could exchange a few words with her classmates. Now, it’s unlikely for her to exchange ideas with Xie Wanying.
Xie Wanying, being a surgical student, might not understand interventional surgery, and since she is a patient’s family mber, she probably isn’t in the mood for academic discussions right now. Doctor Yang could only swallow her words.
Perhaps, a few words of comfort would help. That was Doctor Yang’s thought. None of the teachers around said a word to comfort. How could she offer comfort? Doctor Yang knew that the best comfort would be through academic explanation, which might help put the other at ease. But since she couldn’t fully understand or explain, the effect of comfort would be greatly reduced—worse, it might have the opposite effect, making the person even more uneasy.
Strangely, why was no teacher saying anything? Were they busy saving lives in surgery? Doctor Yang felt that the situation in front of her was rather odd. When doctors accompany family in the surgery room, they don’t need colleagues to explain because they understand it themselves. It’s just like when Boss Zhang accompanied his mother in the operating room last ti. dical students are different. Doctor Yang clearly rembered the last ti when a classmate’s father ca to Guo Zhi Hospital for a PCI; the teachers provided a full explanation and comfort throughout the process.
Doctor Yang was not the only one sensing the issue. Other doctors from Guo Zhi Hospital, who were not familiar with the situation, felt the sa. They found it strange that while the Guo Zhi Hospital’s doctors were busy performing surgeries and had no ti to comfort, the Guoxie doctors and teachers present were not reassuring their own dical student.
Student Xie didn’t need an explanation at all; she probably understood better than anyone. - This was the unanimous thought among the Guoxie mbers.
Clap. The pulmonary artery angiography results were entirely out.
The main trunk of the patient’s left pulmonary artery and the branch below the right pulmonary artery trunk were embolized. This was an expected result for the doctors. If it hadn’t been anticipated to be severe, the surgical team at the Provincial People’s Hospital would have acted earlier.
"The angiography suggests the embolism isn’t very severe," Shim Youhuan’s voice was transmitted from the operation room to the control room as he spoke with the hospital’s surgical doctors.
While observing the surgery, Du Yeqing asked the internal dicine doctor, "Given the current situation, are you confident about removing the embolism?"
"I should be able to," Shim Youhuan said. "I estimate that this thrombus isn’t far from the right atrium. Don’t be misled by its appearance of blocking both sides; in reality, it doesn’t."
It should be said that the left pulmonary artery trunk is actually relatively short and thick, closer to the right atrium. So, as per the angiography result now visible, the thrombus is likely at the confluence of the left and right pulmonary artery trunks, more on the pulmonary artery trunk. This ans the likelihood of the surgical doctor successfully removing it is high.
While communicating with the surgical doctors, Shim Youhuan was already on the move, wasting no ti. Next, a coronary angiography needs to be perford on the patient, with another surgical procedure on standby, making ti extrely tight. Not to ntion, there were people with ill intentions causing trouble in the hospital.
As Du Yeqing watched him work, he also had to communicate with the anesthesiologist on-site. The risk level of general anesthesia in such a situation would be high. The anesthesiologist’s opinion leaned towards Shim Youhuan’s view, believing that as long as the main embolus is removed, general anesthesia could be administered. Because the patient’s pulmonary condition appeared acceptable and the embolus wasn’t large.
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