Great Medical System in a Veterinarian-Chapter 460 - 207: Open Chest Surgery—No Fishbone Found, What’s Going On?

Chapter 460: Chapter 207: Open Chest Surgery—No Fishbone Found, What’s Going On?

"Yes, our County Hospital definitely can’t handle this, it must be transferred to a big hospital for treatment, like Provincial Hospital or Jida Affiliated Hospital."

His nephew, Niu Hai, said over the phone.

In front of him was a freshly made CT image.

The image showed a small, needle-like object near his aunt’s thoracic aorta.

According to what was explained earlier, she had once accidentally swallowed a fishbone while eating fish, then drank some vinegar and took a big bite of bread.

At the time, she felt the fishbone went down, with no sensation of foreign objects in the esophagus, but the next day the pain started behind her chest.

So the initial assumption is that this thing is likely the fishbone.

The bread must have pushed it to pierce the esophagus and enter the thoracic aorta, creating an aortic esophageal fistula.

Fortunately, there’s no infection or massive bleeding yet.

Otherwise, she might have died immediately.

And such a complex condition is beyond what the County Hospital can handle.

It must be sent to a specialized large Grade-A tertiary hospital, and as the nephew, he directly recommended the Provincial People’s Hospital and the Jida Affiliated Hospital, the two best hospitals.

"Huh? A fishbone, and the County Hospital can’t even remove it? Do we really have to go to the Provincial People’s Hospital or Jida Affiliated Hospital!!"

The Old Secretary couldn’t believe what he heard from his nephew, Niu Hai.

The County Hospital also treats illnesses and saves lives.

Many surgeries can be done there too, yet his nephew directly recommended the two best hospitals.

This left Uncle Niu dazed and bewildered.

Is his wife really in such serious condition?

"Uncle, it’s not as simple as using tweezers to remove the fishbone, it’s no longer in the esophagus now, it’s inside the chest, you know, so we need an open chest surgery to take it out. To be honest, our County Hospital can actually perform such surgery, but it’s not reliable because the skill levels of County Hospital’s doctors and those in top provincial hospitals differ dramatically."

Niu Hai spoke seriously to Uncle Niu.

Everyone is in the same unit, he knows clearly how everyone is.

So he doesn’t recommend the family get this high-risk surgery done at their hospital, if something goes wrong, it’s life-threatening.

It’s better to be safe and send her directly to a top hospital, where all the facilities are more complete.

If an accident truly happens, there’s an emergency response mechanism.

"Open, open chest surgery!!"

Uncle Niu was shocked by this, can this really be true?

Just because of a fishbone, you need open chest surgery!!

Can this be real!

"Uncle, it’s no longer in the esophagus, so it definitely needs open chest surgery to remove it, without it, your aunt could suffer from infection leading to death or internal bleeding leading to death."

When the fishbone initially got stuck in the esophagus, it could be easily removed with tweezers.

But once it pierces the esophagus and goes elsewhere, like the thoracic aorta, it won’t work.

Open chest surgery is needed to remove it; if not removed, the likelihood is high for infection or bleeding to cause death.

It’s extremely dangerous.

"Hiss—"

Uncle Niu gasped.

"Uncle, I’ve already contacted my sisters and also found experts from Provincial Hospital. If you want to transfer hospitals, you can go directly by ambulance. It’s not far, and medical staff will accompany for safety."

Niu Hai said on the other end.

His aunt’s condition is indeed serious, so he contacted his two cousins via WeChat.

After all, Uncle Niu is quite old himself.

Accompanying the patient should be done by younger people.

"Alright, let’s send her then, thank you, child."

Uncle Niu nodded slightly, feeling extremely heavy-hearted, who could have thought things would develop like this.

In the beginning, he even joked with others that it wasn’t the fish on the table.

Now it’s this fish that’s causing trouble.

"Oh my! How could things turn out like this! I used to handle fishbones like this without any incident!!"

Both sides soon hung up the phone, the nephew had already explained this once to Auntie Pang.

Hearing the others explain it again to her husband, Auntie Pang felt an ache in her heart.

Having eaten fish for so many years, being caught by fishbones has happened before, who could have guessed it would come to this, requiring open chest surgery.

"Auntie, I told you before, if a fishbone is stuck in your throat, don’t use food to push it down; if you’re lucky, there’s no problem, but if you’re always by the side of the river, you’ll eventually get wet. The best way is to go directly to the hospital and spend a little money to remove it, it’s not expensive, just dozens of yuan, at most one or two hundred."

Wearing a white coat, the young doctor, looking around thirty, was Niu Hai. He spoke helplessly to his aunt.

Many older people have stubborn ideas.

They think they’ve always handled it this way, so the trouble is solved like that.

So they disregard your words.

This often becomes the beginning of their woes.

Like now, originally, it was a matter solvable for tens or hundreds, now it’s at least a thousand or even five to sixty thousand.

Given that this open chest surgery definitely involves a joint consultation.

"Ah—"

Auntie Pang sighed deeply.

Luckily, Dr. Xiao Zhang gave a reminder.

Otherwise, she always thought the fishbone went into her stomach, who would have guessed it was lodged in her chest.

Meanwhile, in Niu Village.

Zhang Lingchuan had already arrived at Niu Qiqiang’s home and was heading toward the cattle barn in the back.

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