When the Doctor Uses A Hack
Chapter 1218 - 1222: Time, Location! (Thanks to Alliance Hierarch Scenery Remains for the reward)

According to everyone's understanding of Chen Cang, he is definitely not someone who acts without purpose.

Now that he suddenly proposes to relax the inclusion criteria, there must be a problem!

Thinking of this, everyone looked up at Chen Cang.

Meng Xi is also staring with wide eyes, curiously looking at her senior disciple, full of curiosity.

She has always researched this disease, and while she was at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, she had participated in surgeries and clinical trials with her mentor.

She is aware of the dangers of this disease!

Once the inclusion criteria are relaxed, the death rate and probability of complications will definitely increase significantly.

Because after the relaxation, many patients already in despair will join the trials.

These people are already resigned to death; if there are free clinical trials, they definitely won't opt for regular surgeries.

After all, one costs money, and the other saves money; the difference is significant.

In medical work, the most heartbreaking thing is nothing but the loss of both life and money.

Loss of both life and wealth!

Who suffers more when alive?

That's why there are patients like Yu Wan who seek their own death.

So, if the inclusion criteria are relaxed, definitely many people will join, and there will be no lack of cases.

But!

At the same time, controversy and topics will also arise.

After all, the death rate is higher!

This naturally brings more disputes.

Even when the number of high-risk patients increases and the severity of cases shifts towards more severe patients, the death rate will obviously be too high.

Meng Xi has always admired her mentor, and this issue is something her mentor has wanted to address, but it remained unresolved.

Because reducing the death rate is very challenging!

Could it be that what her teacher couldn't achieve, her student is about to?

At this thought, Meng Xi's eyes gleamed with excitement.

Her heart is filled with anticipation.

Compared to others, Li Baoshan was much calmer.

He just quietly watched Chen Cang, no matter what, he would support Chen Cang.

Chen Cang stood up with a smile and said, "Do you all remember the incident from the intermediate exam a few days ago? The Kawasaki disease patient I encountered."

"The extent of his major blood vessel damage was even more dangerous than that in Marfan patients, with multiple dissections in the thoracoabdominal aorta, making it impossible to operate, even leading to dissection rupture of the major vessels."

"At that time... I thought of a special surgical procedure that can effectively reduce the mortality rate."

"My idea is to apply this surgical method in our clinical operations to reduce the mortality rate in high-risk patients!"

Hearing Chen Cang talk lightly, everyone's hearts were far from calm.

A surgical method thought up on the spot?

The difficulty... How high is that!

After all, other experts and professors have researched for so long without any findings, and you've worked it out after just one operation?

It's easy to say, but is it really that simple?

At this moment, Chen Cang's phone suddenly rang.

"Chen Cang, it's Xiao Zhehai." As soon as he answered the call, Xiao Zhehai's voice came through.

After hearing it, Chen Cang hurriedly asked, "Director Xiao, how are you?"

Xiao Zhehai is a big name in the field of major vasculature in the country, and his skills are naturally beyond question.

Xiao Zhehai's voice seemed somewhat low, which made Chen Cang curious.

"There's something I need to ask for your help with."

After hearing this, Chen Cang did not rush to agree, after all... the favor Xiao Zhehai was asking for, could it be something trivial?

Who is Xiao Zhehai?

He is a leading figure in the field of major vascular surgery, on par with Sun Zhong from Anzhen Hospital, and a tycoon on the Top 100 list of renowned Chinese doctors.

When it comes to major vascular surgery, the country has long recognized the names "Sun Zhong in the north, Xiao Zhehai in the south."

However, Sun Zhong holds a higher status in the industry, and Xiao Zhehai is comparatively more casual, so it is generally believed that Xiao Zhehai is not on par with Sun Zhong.

But, although Chen Cang has not met Sun Zhong, he has witnessed Xiao Zhehai's surgery firsthand and can only say that it's very impressive!

After all, in terms of the speed of intercostal artery anastomosis, Xiao Zhehai is number one in the country.

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Cang said: "Director Xiao, you said you would do your utmost to help me if you could."

Xiao Zhehai's breath sounds were a bit heavy, as if he was quite tense: "There's a surgery that I can't do. I don't want to turn to Sun Zhong, I want to seek your help instead."

"But... the patient has already died once, the situation is too dangerous, and I myself... have no confidence in it."

After hearing this, Chen Cang felt a pang in his heart: "What's the situation?"

Xiao Zhehai sighed: "He is one of my patients at Ruijin. During the surgery, the patient had already suffered massive bleeding, with the dissection rupturing, and it was extremely critical."

"At that time, I did my best to preserve his life, but there was no way to continue with the surgery; now his condition is even more dangerous, and surgery is absolutely necessary."

After finishing, Xiao Zhehai sighed: "The patient does not meet the surgical indications, with a high probability of bleeding and an extremely high mortality rate, the preoperative assessment of survival rate is less than 20%!"

"Do you... want to do it?"

Xiao Zhehai's voice carried some trepidation.

This patient was his nightmare; in the past, in pursuit of speed and to reduce post-operative complications, the patient suffered an aortic rupture during the operation.

After successful hemostasis, the surgery could not proceed any further.

About this...

Xiao Zhehai did his best to preserve the patient's life.

However, having preserved the life, the patient could not leave the ICU.

Upon hearing this, Chen Cang was also suddenly silent.

What does it mean to not meet the surgical indications?

This implies that the patient has complications that greatly increase the risk of surgery, with an extremely high mortality rate, and could also lead to various unexpected occurrences.

According to guidelines, surgery should not be performed under such circumstances.

Once surgery starts, the patient may not make it off the operating table.

Because surgery is not the best choice.

But...

Xiao Zhehai really didn't want to see him lying in the ICU each day, tubes inserted, monitoring his vital signs.

Yesterday, during ward rounds, he said to Xiao Zhehai: "Director Xiao, thank you for keeping me alive, but... I don't want to continue living this agonizing life."

"I want to see the sunshine, go out for a walk, I feel like lying here, I'm almost no different from being dead."

"I want to undergo one last surgery."

This statement struck a deep chord in Xiao Zhehai.

After hesitating for a long time, Xiao Zhehai decided to invite Chen Cang to complete this surgery.

Chen Cang shook his head; this was at least a task for a King-level BOSS, and one could imagine the difficulty.

Thinking back to the Kawasaki disease patient a few days ago, that feeling of a miracle escape from death.

Chen Cang himself felt a chill!

If he hadn't had a moment of inspiration and thought of that approach, what would have happened?

And for this patient, a surgery that even Xiao Zhehai felt unsure of, how could it be easy?

However...

After a moment of silence from Chen Cang, just as Xiao Zhehai sighed, believing Chen Cang would refuse, he agreed: "Time, location!"

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ps: Inclusion criteria: In the process of research, samples are regulated, and certain conditions are established. Only those that meet these conditions can be included in the experiment.

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