Famous Among Top Surgeons in the 90s
Chapter 603 - Chapter 603 603 Classmate Discussion

Chapter 603: [603] Classmate Discussion Chapter 603: [603] Classmate Discussion Having encouraged her classmates to speak freely, Xie Wanying let Li Qi’an continue sharing his thoughts.

“I think we could do this, Yingying. After cutting out the tumor, we can pull it out through the anus, so there’s no need to make an abdominal incision,” Li Qi’an expressed his idea, “The family of Patient 11 and I both know that you have previously helped Teacher Tan successfully perform a Laparoscopic total resection of a low rectal cancer while preserving the anus. I think you can help Teacher Tan with a similar surgery again, for Patient 11, based on my concept.”

“The reason that patient was able to have sphincter preservation was because of conservative treatment,” Xie Wanying realistically dampened her classmate’s enthusiasm.

“Ah?” Li Qi’an was taken aback.

“Because that patient was preoperatively assessed as having poorly differentiated cancer, with rapid systemic metastasis, whether or not sphincter preservation was done was no longer significant,” said Xie Wanying.

Li Qi’an sat in the chair, staring at the ceiling: his first-ever courageous suggestion, before even reaching the teacher, had already been perfectly countered by his star student classmate.

“Actually, the teacher must have considered your idea,” Xie Wanying didn’t completely dismiss her classmate’s concept, according to her knowledge, surgical teams both domestically and internationally were researching such surgeries, “Pulling out the specimen through the anus is part of a transanal rectal cancer resection technique that surgeons are starting to try.”

Upon hearing that there might be a chance, Li Qi’an perked up, “Yingying, does that mean my concept has potential?”

“The goal for Patient 11 is full resection without anus preservation, which is fine, so the specimen you want to pull out definitely can’t come out through the anus. No need for anus preservation can greatly increase the patient’s survival rate,” Xie Wanying explained.

“If not through the anus, then how?”

“If it doesn’t come out through the anus, then of course it is–” Xie Wanying stopped herself there, letting her classmate think for himself.

Li Qi’an pressed her, “What do you mean?”

“Idiot, are you stupid? What did you learn in medical school? Don’t you know what she’s talking about?” someone from the opposite side suddenly burst out at him.

Li Qi’an looked over and saw that it was his classmate Lin Hao; he snorted twice, “Were you eavesdropping on our conversation? Are you part of our group? Of course, I know what she’s talking about; I’m just trying to figure out which issue Yingying was referring to, right?”

“Stop fighting, both of you,” Zhao Zhaowei’s voice, weary yet firm, joined in, asking them to keep it down as he intended to catch a nap on the office desk during his 24-hour shift.

“You weak fatso, don’t pass out on duty,” Lin Hao warned Zhao Zhaowei first, not wanting him to embarrass their classmates.

“I’m not going to pass out; just going to take a nap,” Zhao Zhaowei yawned widely, asserting himself.

Seeing him like this, Li Qi’an also became concerned, “You should go to the rest room and sleep. Why do I feel that you’re even more under the weather than I was last week?”

“Could I be worse than you?” Zhao Zhaowei didn’t admit that he was worse off than his skinny classmate.

“To be honest, I’m more worried about you than him,” Xie Wanying joined in, her gaze towards Student Zhao filled with worry.

In medical terms, overweight individuals have a higher chance of sudden death than skinny ones.

Zhao Zhaowei frowned displeasedly at the other three classmates: “According to what you guys are saying, there are many clinicians heavier than me. How come they’re fine?”

“They pay attention to rest,” said Li Qi’an.

“I pay attention to rest too. Aren’t I squeezing in time for a nap right now?” Zhao Zhaowei raised his eyebrows discontentedly, arguing with his classmate.

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