My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

Chapter 1447 - 578: Less Is More, Investigating the True Cause of Illness

Since Zhou Can and Fu Chachun had a falling out last time, they’ve basically only maintained a surface-level politeness.

There’s a saying that reconciliation is easy, but restoring things to how they were is difficult.

The two of them didn’t have a deep friendship to begin with. At the crucial moment when Zhou Can was being promoted to deputy leader, Fu Chachun jumped out and stabbed him in the back. Since he didn’t take Zhou Can seriously, Zhou naturally wouldn’t feel obliged to be a saint.

It’s not like he would blatantly use his power as deputy leader to retaliate against Fu Chachun.

He still has some magnanimity and composure.

Asking him to clean up after Fu Chachun, take care of everything, and repay evil with good is equally impossible.

In simple terms, it’s strictly business.

He remembered that Fu Chachun had a day shift today and should already be off work at home.

He called the other directly.

Soon the call was connected.

"Leader Zhou, hello! What’s up?"

Fu Chachun asked politely.

Of course, this politeness was just on the surface.

He said "hello" instead of "greetings," which indicates that he doesn’t hold much respect for Zhou Can as the deputy leader.

Many senior colleagues have this attitude, stubbornly holding onto face and unwilling to lower themselves.

"There’s a patient who had a syndactyly separation surgery by you the day before yesterday and is now having some issues. We’d like you to come over!"

"What’s wrong with the patient?"

"Her left foot’s third toe is numb, and tactile sensation is almost gone."

"That’s not a big problem. Syndactyly separation surgery inherently has significant risks, and nerve damage after separating the toes is common. As long as the patient’s toe blood flow is smooth and the wound is healing well, it’s considered a successful surgery."

Fu Chachun said nonchalantly.

He wasn’t too concerned about a patient’s numb toe.

In clinical surgery, when a patient experiences numbness in a finger or toe, because it involves nerve issues, few doctors are willing to care.

Because most patients can accept such ’minor issues.’

There’s no need to complicate matters further.

Everyone fears trouble and doesn’t want more of it.

If you tell the patient that a nerve may have been injured during surgery,

who’s responsible for that?

"The patient told me she underwent surgery to better perform ballet. Now, post-surgery, her third toe has issues, which will definitely impact the function of her left foot. Dr. Fu, how about this? Please come and discuss the cause of the numbness in her left foot’s third toe with us, and if possible, help her resolve it."

A doctor’s compassion is like that of a parent.

Zhou Can was unwilling to handle the patient’s problem with such an irresponsible attitude.

"There’s no need! Surgery inherently comes with risks; the family signed the consent. Just tell the patient to try exercising her left foot’s third toe more to see if it gradually recovers. If it can’t be restored, there’s nothing the doctor can do."

Fu Chachun’s solution leaned more toward the interests of the hospital and himself as the operating surgeon.

In similar situations encountered normally, it’s pretty much resolved this way.

"Indeed! The family signed the consent form pre-surgery, and the possible risks were communicated to them and the patient beforehand, for which they gave their consent. If we don’t handle it, the family and patient have to accept it. But I believe there are better ways to deal with it. At least, it’s worth a try."

Zhou Can had to put in effort to persuade Fu Chachun.

"Hmph! If Leader Zhou wants to be the good guy, go ahead, but I won’t join in. If you just want to retaliate against me, suit yourself. My stance is clear, no extra handling is needed. If you’re not satisfied, you can find the department head or the Medical Department’s leader and see what they say."

Beep... beep...

The phone gave a busy signal; Fu Chachun had already hung up.

What a day.

Dr. Fu actually thought he was seeking personal revenge. Heaven knows, Zhou Can really never had that thought.

"Dr. Zhou, the surgery records for the patient have been obtained from the operating room. Here!"

Jiang Shuangshuang’s service was indeed thorough.

Not only did she get the surgery records from the operating room, but she also printed them out.

Surgery records are generally managed by both the operating room and the Medical Department. Obtaining a specific patient’s surgery records isn’t as easy as one might think, nor can just anyone access them.

Zhou Can’s position as the deputy leader in the operating room, combined with his unique status in the Emergency Department, made it a simple task for Jiang Shuangshuang to inform the operating room that Zhou Can needed to check a surgery record.

"Thank you! You can get back to your work."

Receiving the newly printed surgery records, he carefully reviewed them one by one.

Surgery records are usually written by the surgeon and require a signature at the end, holding some legal weight. Relatively speaking, they are rigorous.

Sometimes, when the surgeon is too busy, the first medical assistant might write it on behalf.

The likelihood of medical records and progress notes being written by interns or training students is high, but surgery records are rarely entrusted to interns.

If a surgery record is well-written, complete, and truthful without omissions, a professional can simply look at the surgery record to reconstruct the entire surgical process.

Zhou Can wasn’t in a rush to head to Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Instead, he studied the surgery record and logged into his personal account in the Emergency Department to access the patient’s pre-surgery examination data, including photos of the patient’s syndactyly before the surgery.

After some research, there wasn’t much new information gained.

Based on the surgery record and pre-surgery exams, this was a very straightforward surgery. There were no complicated procedures like reconstructing the phalanges or vessels.