Masterful Miracle Doctor

Chapter 969 - 933: Academic Report Topic

"Intramedullary tumor at the thoracic vertebra!"Lin Jie looked at the CT scan showing a bright area located at the fifth and sixth thoracic vertebrae, resembling an octopus, and frowned.

From this CT scan, the tumor appeared quite aggressive, closely entangled with the spinal canal nerves and spinal cord.

The possibility of surgical removal...

Lin Jie couldn't think of any solutions for the moment.

Seeing Lin Jie's expression, Goebbels felt somewhat disappointed yet somewhat relieved.

The University of Gothenburg Hospital is also renowned globally, and though Goebbels may not be the best, he is among the top in the field of intraspinal tumors.

If Lin Jie could come up with a solution after just a glance, then Goebbels might as well jump into the Neckar River.

"Dr. Lin Jie, the patient is a 36-year-old woman who is already 10 weeks pregnant."

Goebbels explained, "The patient has consistently refused to terminate the pregnancy to allow for more effective treatment. This is also why we didn't contact you earlier."

"Now the pregnancy is 10 weeks in, and the fetus is relatively stable, and can withstand major surgery."

"Dr. Lin Jie!"

Goebbels slowly said, "The last time you proposed letting the tumor grow a little more, it left a profound impression on me. Some medical colleagues have used case studies to confirm the feasibility of your idea."

"Since then, I've been following your developments closely."

He said with admiration, "I must say, your series of brilliant ideas have greatly impressed me."

"As for this tumor..."

Goebbels pointed to the medical records on the table and confessed, "For over a month, I've been researching feasible surgical plans, but unfortunately, I've failed."

"Among the neurosurgery experts I know, if anyone can solve this problem well, the first person I think of is you, Dr. Lin Jie."

He pointed to his head and smiled wryly, "I've thought of various methods, and conducted many experiments, ultimately proving them all ineffective."

"I'm aware of the shortcomings—stubbornness and conservatism,"

Goebbels said with hope, "In this situation, only your stunning, creative genius ideas likely have a chance to solve this problem."

"Dr. Goebbels, you overpraise me. There are many situations where I am also powerless."

Lin Jie put down the CT scan in his hand, and politely said, "I need to carefully review all the patient's information before commenting."

He reminded, "You'd better not have too high hopes."

The director of Heidelberg University Hospital, Heinrich, nodded gently, saying, "That we understand! Remarkable ideas are not easily conceived."

He stood up and said, "I suppose everyone is quite tired, so we'll take our leave."

"Wishing you all a pleasant evening in Heidelberg. We also thank Mr. Yuan Puzhen for the warm hospitality."

"The Chinese-Italian tossed noodles were very delicious!"

Goebbels and Heinrich bid farewell and left, while Cheng Xingguang, Lin Jie, and others returned to the Panorama Hotel under Yuan Puzhen's escort.

"Expert Lin..."

Yuan Puzhen came beside Lin Jie and whispered, "I know the identity of this patient."

"Her family owns the second-largest precision machine tool group in Germany, which also has two well-known medical equipment companies."

"The patient herself is an executive in that group and is likely to become the group's CEO."

"Every year, this group donates a lot of financial resources to the Heidelberg University Hospital."

"So..."

Yuan Puzhen gave Lin Jie a knowing look.

Lin Jie chuckled, "If the patient were just an ordinary person, they wouldn't have specially invited me."

He sighed, "Wealthy people, no matter where they are, always receive special treatment..."

Back in the luxury suite, Lin Jie took a relaxing hot bath in the oversized bathtub that could almost fit two people.

After the bath, he felt much more relaxed physically and mentally.

He felt a bit thirsty.

Habitually looking around, Lin Jie didn't find an electric kettle, then realized that in Western countries, tap water is potable without heating.

Moreover, Westerners don't have the habit of drinking hot water.

At this moment, Lin Jie couldn't help but appreciate An Kexin and Lin Miao's thorough preparations.

He remembered there seemed to be an electric kettle in the suitcase.

After searching, he indeed found an electric kettle in the suitcase, along with an adapter and tea leaves.

Having drunk hot water, Lin Jie still couldn't sleep and semi-reclined on the bed, starting to review the patient's case files...

In the morning, Lin Jie was awakened by a call.

He didn't know what time he had fallen asleep last night.

When he was awakened, he found the bed and carpet covered with scattered examination reports, CT images, and such.

After washing up, he, along with Cheng Xingguang and Wei Haiyuan, went to the restaurant for breakfast.

Breakfast at the Panorama Hotel is complimentary, or rather, included in the room rate.

On the serving counter were slices of ham, large chunks of cut meat and fish, sausages in slightly different colors, various small pieces of bread, a variety of fresh vegetables and fruits, jams, and drinks.

It looked plentiful and quite tempting.

Lin Jie took a turn with his tray and discovered a serious problem.

Geez, all this food was actually cold, not a bit of warmth in sight.

For Lin Jie, who was used to eating hot food, this was nothing short of torture.

In his mind echoed Shen Lanruo's soft laugh, "You're surprised, aren't you? German dining habits are mainly centered around cold food, there is also hot food, but it's quite rare, mostly roast meat, braised pork knuckles, roast ham, and so on."

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do, you can pair it with a hot cup of coffee for breakfast."

Lin Jie had no choice but to pick some food that looked agreeable to put on his tray.

Suddenly he thought of a question and asked silently, "Lanruo, in China when girls have their period, they are very careful to drink more hot water and avoid cold food."

"What about German girls when they have their period, what do they do?"

Shen Lanruo hummed softly, "First, they are already used to this kind of dietary life, second, their physical constitution is generally better, they wouldn't get as weak as some Eastern girls, who can't do any work as soon as it's that time of the month."

Lin Jie responded with a soft 'oh' and continued, "Lanruo, you've lived here for a few years too, are there any places you want to visit, or people you want to see?"

"Taking advantage of this opportunity, shall we go and take a look together?"

After a moment of silence, in his mind came Shen Lanruo's faint voice, "Forget it, I'm already like this, better to sever ties completely with the past..."

Lin Jie felt that Shen Lanruo was very reticent about her past.

However, since Shen Lanruo didn't want to speak, he wouldn't go out of his way to pester her.

Carrying his tray to the table where Jiang Hao and several others were sitting, Lin Jie heard Lei Jun complaining.

"I'm used to having a glass of warm water in the morning, but coming here I realized they don't have the custom of drinking hot water."

"It's really unbearable for me."

"Director Wei, are there places selling electric kettles here?"

Lin Jie laughed and said, "I brought an electric kettle, you can come to my room to have tea."

Lei Jun said excitedly, "Expert Lin, you're really a blessing to us."

"Your big suitcase didn't come in vain..."

Not long after breakfast, Yuan Puzhen, Han Chen, and Goebbels arrived at the hotel one after another.

Afterwards, Lin Jie and others took a car sent by the hospital, which brought them to Heidelberg University Hospital in just over ten minutes.

The massive trees, castle-shaped buildings, gave Lin Jie a heavy and historical feeling.

According to the schedule, Lin Jie and others would, based on their professional fields, visit different specialty hospitals for a tour and engage in medical exchanges with colleagues from the comprehensive hospital.

Under these circumstances, as a German translator, Han Chen accompanied Cheng Xingguang and Wei Haiyuan to the president's office for managerial and business exchanges and cooperation.

Lei Jun and Pang Leshan were also accompanied by someone to the Orthopedic Hospital and the Cardiovascular Research Center.

Lin Jie, Jiang Hao, and Yuan Puzhen, under the personal company of Goebbels, visited the Neurology and Neurosurgery Center affiliated with the comprehensive hospital.

Under Goebbels' introduction, Lin Jie and others visited this research center where over a hundred people worked.

Lin Jie's first impression here was that it was too modern and advanced.

The various inspection instruments and medical equipment he saw were almost all the newest models.

This made Lin Jie have to sigh, Heidelberg University Hospital is really rich.

The annual investment in new equipment alone is a staggering figure.

No wonder the medical costs abroad are so high, the cost of this equipment ends up falling on patients and national medical welfare.

What surprised Lin Jie even more was that he also saw two Lin Jie Treatment Devices.

Goebbels deliberately introduced, "This treatment device is much simpler and safer than craniotomy in eliminating blood clots."

"As of yesterday, we have used these two devices for surgery on fifteen people. From the post-operative effect evaluation, it is as good as a top-notch neurosurgeon performing the surgery personally."

"Especially in dealing with deep cerebral hemorrhages, the effect is even better."

"However, there is a trouble..."

"Oh, what is its shortcoming?" Lin Jie asked curiously.

Goebbels regrettably said, "Localization issues."

"Determining the location of the blood clot and analyzing the design of the puncture path requires extremely precise localization of the brain. This instrument's built-in surgical plan analysis software requires us to provide at least five precise brain reference points."

"Each person's brain is slightly different."

"We have to first perform a trepanning to stimulate with electrodes, to confirm the precise coordinates of the opening site in the brain, using this as the basis to determine the relative position of the blood clot..."

Hearing this, Lin Jie suddenly had new ideas.

He agreed to do an academic presentation at Heidelberg University Hospital.

Regarding the topic of the presentation, he thought of a few ideas but felt none of them were quite satisfactory.

This issue of precise localization of blood clots...

From Goebbels' introduction, analyzing that the cerebral vascular localization method he used on that American football star, no one else has thought of, and this method hasn't been leaked.

Comparatively, doing a cerebral angiogram is much more convenient than trepanning and electrode stimulation localization, and it can also provide more reference data.