The Surgeon’s Studio

d tide wait for no man,’ was a cold and hard truth for general surgeons, and even more so for interventional doctors.

Nevertheless, he was unwilling to succumb to fate.

Before coming over, he mentally prepared himself to accept the role of a student and learn as much as he could, leaving behind the department chief attitude.

However, the reaction he received was not what he had expected.

Chief Zheng really needed to work on his emotional intelligence.

Cheng Lixue felt frustrated but had to suppress his emotions.

“Boss, I’m done with the 64-slice CT scan with 3D-image reconstruction.” Professor Rudolf Wagner walked in at this moment, breaking the awkwardness between them.

Cheng Lixue stood up subconsciously and made eye contact with the professor.

A few years ago, he went to Heidelberg University for an exchange program.
When he first saw the professor, he was wearing a white lab coat and his golden locks swayed in the air.
The way he commanded others left a strong impression on Cheng Lixue.

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However, the professor was not aware of his presence.
He walked straight up to Zheng Ren and said, “Boss, please take a look at the scan and comment on my work.”

“Uhm.” Zheng Ren clicked on the 64-slice CT scan with 3D-image reconstruction on Zheng Yunxia that the professor had done and slowly went through them slide after slide.

64-slice CT scan with 3D-image reconstruction? By himself?

Cheng Lixue had just arrived moments ago, but he was already learning new things.

These scans were usually done by the CT room technicians with the software.
Why did he do them himself?

Judging from the professor’s enthusiasm, Cheng Lixue guessed that he probably learned how to do it recently.
The way he presented it to Zheng Ren was like a primary school student showing off his homework to his teachers and parents.

Zheng Ren gave an indifferent response.
His ‘uhm’ sounded quite blasé.

Cheng Lixue quickly composed himself.
If a top surgeon like Professor Rudolf Wagner could stay behind in Sea City to learn from someone younger than him, who was he to complain!

He inched closer to Zheng Ren and tried to find an angle to look at the computer screen behind the professor’s giant figure.

The 64-slice CT scan with 3D-image reconstruction was not new to Cheng Lixue as it was related to radiography.

However, the images he saw were beyond his knowledge.

He was entirely perplexed by the images of intricate arterial networks.

They were images of hepatocellular carcinoma with lipiodol deposition.
It should be from a patient who had received multiple surgeries.

After glancing through the images, Zheng Ren extracted one of the earlier ones and compared it with the current scan.

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Cheng Lixue’s eyes instantly widened.

He had yet to learn about TIPS surgery but he had fifteen years of experience in the treatment of lung cancer using interventional surgery.
He certainly understood what those images were indicating.

The tumor was approximately 10cm in the older scans accompanied by vascularization to supply blood, indicating late-stage carcinoma.

Cheng Lixue was not aware of the patient’s current condition.

Judging from the scans, the patient would be incredibly lucky to survive for 6 months.

However…

Did all these scans belong to a single patient?

“Chief… Chief Zheng, you performed the surgeries on this patient?” Cheng Lixue felt a little insecure.

He excelled not only in TIPS surgery but also in liver cancer interventional surgery.

“Uhm, the first treatment was 2 months ago, followed up with consolidation therapy.
This is the third surgery.
The patient should be able to fully recover,” Zheng Ren briefly explained to him while he continued to compare the scans.

Fully recover…

Was he being serious or joking?

“Chief Zheng, it’s possible to…recover?” Cheng Lixue asked cautiously.

“Who the hell are you?” Professor Rudolf Wagner glared at Cheng Lixue and asked in a strong accent.
He hated being interrupted by others when he was in the middle of a discussion about the patient’s scans with Zheng Ren.