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Chapter 660 - Chapter 660 Different Types of Calculi

Chapter 660: Different Types of Calculi Chapter 660: Different Types of Calculi So it turns out that Song Xueling’s speculation was correct, it’s a liver abscess.

“There are stones in the bile ducts both inside and outside the liver, and the abscess could have been caused by the stones,” He Guangyou detailed as he carefully analyzed the nuances within the report, “These stones appear not to be large and might not have completely blocked the ducts, which could explain the less obvious pain.”

Xie Wanying’s guess about the cause of the illness was also not wrong.

As for how serious the patient’s condition now is, serious enough to require surgery or not.

Zhao Huaming handed his grandson’s medical report to Tao Zhijie, “Dr. Tao, please take care of his treatment.”

“Alright, we’ve arranged for a hospital bed; he can be admitted tonight. Let’s start with antibiotics to fight the infection,” Tao Zhijie said.

“As for the stones, maybe take some stone expulsion medicine,” Zhao Zhaowei, who was lying on the examination table, said after hearing their conversation.

“Who told you there’s medicine for expelling stones? This isn’t a urinary system stone!” Zhao Huaming felt like slapping his grandson on the head again.

Zhao Zhaowei seemed to remember this fact as if the sudden knowledge of his illness had muddled his thoughts temporarily.

Each organ’s physiological structure is different, causing diseases with similar names like stones to require entirely different treatments. For example, urinary system stones can sometimes be treated by drinking more water to expel the stones. It’s practically impossible to expel liver and gallbladder stones by eating or drinking something. One can only control the infection, undergo surgery to remove the stones, or even need to have the gallbladder and part of the liver removed, which would be quite severe.

The comparatively optimistic part of the current situation is that the abscesses are all not large, classified as small abscesses; one can try to see how effective the anti-infection treatment is before deciding on surgery.

With a classmate hospitalized, Xie Wanying and Li Qi’an prepared to return to General Surgery Department Two. At this time, the class monitor Yue Wentong rushed over from the school dormitories.

“Why didn’t you report this!” Yue Wentong yelled at the two of them as soon as he saw them.

Li Qi’an touched his forehead, bowing his head.

Xie Wanying wanted to explain, but after thinking it over, she decided not to. It was understandable for the class monitor to be upset.

“The counselor is at home; it will take time for him to come back,” Yue Wentong glared at the two a few times in anger, “When did you say his jaundice began?”

“It must have been today,” Li Qi’an replied, “I didn’t notice when I was with him earlier. His condition might have worsened today, showing the symptoms.”

Yue Wentong wiped his forehead with the back of his hand several times and looked up to suddenly notice Song Xueling standing amongst his seniors, his eyes narrowing slightly.

“Class monitor, do you know who he is?” Li Qi’an whispered to the class monitor, noticing his expression, “He said he came from Beidu and is coming for residency training at our hospital, but I don’t know which department he will be in.”

Generally, by the time a medical graduate is hired by a hospital, it’s already decided which department they will work in. There are exceptions, though, and such exceptions amount to special treatment, implying that the person is highly valued by the hospital.

Yue Wentong felt a bit nervous because he had heard that this person was exceptionally talented, with an intellectual capability that matched that of their class’s top student Xie Wanying. The hospital had not yet decided which department to place him in and might make the decision during or after his residency training.

Such medical students could very well, like Senior Cao, be assigned to their preferred department, such as the neurosurgery department. It was said that Senior Cao had met with this person today and inquired about him, something Senior Cao had never done before.

“You two go back to the department first,” Yue Wentong told the two classmates before he himself went to visit Zhao Zhaowei.

Back at General Surgery Department Two, a childhood friend was leaving. Xie Wanying accompanied her friend to the hospital entrance.

Wu Lixuan handed over some items to her, “I’ve been meaning to bring this to you; it’s from your godmother who asked me to deliver it.”