Famous Among Top Surgeons in the 90s-Chapter 1878: Reading the Scans
Fu Xinheng did not wait for him and went straight into the doctor’s office.
The three students hurriedly followed into the office to listen for any news.
As Yue Wentong walked, he asked Student Geng and Student Xie, "Did Teacher Ren contact Doctor Chang?"
The class monitor couldn’t understand why their clever advisor would contact a playboy to treat the patient when Guoxie had more than just Chang Jiawei as experts.
"This matter is——" Geng Yongzhe hesitantly looked at Student Xie.
In fact, he wasn’t quite sure of the specific reason why Student Xie recommended Chang Jiawei. Having not interned in orthopedics, he wasn’t familiar with Chang Jiawei’s skills.
Hearing that it wasn’t Teacher Ren who recommended but rather Student Xie’s recommendation, Yue Wentong looked at Xie Wanying in surprise: what’s your idea?
Don’t rush. Xie Wanying was about to say this to the class monitor.
The sound of shoes at the doorway announced the arrival of Chang Jiawei, now wearing his white coat.
The clean, white doctor’s uniform with the badge prominently displayed on the chest could easily make even a medical student appear as an expert to patients.
Due to this, Yue Wentong found it hard to trust this legendary playboy, pondering whether it would be better to help Student Geng call Senior Cao for advice.
Upon Fu Xinheng’s arrival, both Ren Chongda and Doctor Guo stood up one after the other. Ren Chongda first expressed his gratitude again, "The patient’s bed has been arranged. Thank you for coming back to the hospital tonight to see the patient, it’s been a hard work."
"There’s no need for thanks as mentioned over the phone, it’s part of our responsibility," said Fu Xinheng.
As the attending physician, Chang Jiawei didn’t make small talk and extended his hand towards Doctor Guo: "Where’s the patient’s examination report?"
"The emergency CT and chest X-rays are all out," Doctor Guo hurriedly said as he was instructed, picking up several imaging films from the desk and putting them on the light board.
"Teacher Fu, Teacher Chang. This one is the lung CT, that one is the spine CT, and there’s also the chest X-ray. Considering the patient’s current condition overall, it seems a bit complex. I just discussed it with Teacher Ren from the medical school, and we need to check for spinal tuberculosis, rule out spinal tumors, rule out spinal cord tumors, rule out spinal abscesses, myelitis, and so on." Doctor Guo explained the patient’s situation to the arriving Chang Jiawei and Fu Xinheng, speaking humbly as he was a young intern who just joined the department and lacked much experience.
After hearing this, Chang Jiawei glanced back at Student Xie, worried she might think their orthopedics department was lacking, and reminded Doctor Guo, "Don’t take out the medical encyclopedia and start eliminating diseases one by one."
The junior doctor lacked confidence, so he dared not make definitive statements. Doctor Guo chuckled at himself and waited for the senior doctors to review the films.
The doctors gathered in front of the light board, each making judgments on the films according to their specialties. The imaging films were complex, requiring the doctors to examine them closely for differentiation.
Xie Wanying and her companions stood on their toes anxiously behind their teachers.
The images from X-rays can be quite rough; for example, even most bronchitis patients’ chest X-rays might appear normal. Only CT scans can reveal the difficult-to-identify issues. Therefore, clinically, many doctors will ask patients to undergo a CT scan to differentiate any potential bronchial lesions when the chest X-ray is unclear despite obvious symptoms like coughing and sputum. Similarly, suspected lung tuberculosis follows a similar examination step. CT scans capture lung lesions more precisely and intricately than chest X-rays, revealing problems a chest X-ray might miss.
