Chapter 820: Siamese Babies Surprise Everyone
The next day, the entrance of the inpatient department of the Viet Cong Hospital.
More than 200 reporters were waiting there, and the security guards had to pull a partition strap to prevent the reporters from rushing out.
There are so many reporters, the scale is about the same as that of national leaders, half of them are from abroad, and half of them are reporters from domestic media, and no one wants to miss these two strange patients in the Vietnamese-Chinese hospital.
Chen Qi and Editor-in-Chief Gabriel Rose waited at the entrance of the hospital chatting, and the other accompanying officials were also talking about the weather.
After a while, an ambulance drove in from the entrance of the hospital, and I don't know who shouted:
"It's coming, it's coming, the patients are coming."
When the car came to a stop and the door opened, the flashing lights on the scene sounded.
As soon as Jamie and Lulisi got out of the car, they couldn't open their eyes because of the flashing lights, and they were a little reluctant in their hearts, and the people of the United States still pay great attention to personal privacy.
But the thought of the agreement with the New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery forced a smile on the faces of the reporters.
Later, when the nurse in the car walked out of the car with Siamese in her arms, the flash lights were even brighter, and even Chen Qi on the steps covered her eyes.
I thought that those stars were really good, and they flashed like open bombs on the red carpet, and these stars didn't even blink their eyes to pose POSS, and sure enough, none of them were easy.
The reporters were really excited when they saw Siamese get out of the car, and if it weren't for the security guards blocking it with a human flesh wall, I'm afraid there would have been a stampede at the scene.
Yesterday, the moxicoon was not willing to expose his daughter to the reporters for the first time, but only distributed a photo of the mermaid child to the reporters, promising to allow the reporters to take pictures and interviews if the operation was successful.
So the reporters didn't interview the mermaid kid himself.
But persimmons always have to pick soft pinch, and the parents of the conjoined children, Jamie and Lulis, are just ordinary citizens of the United States, so they are persuaded by the New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery to make their children public and give interviews.
If the parents do not cooperate, then this precious opportunity for surgery will be lost.
Between privacy and their son's surgery, Jamie and Lulis, of course, would choose to give the twins a chance to be human again, so they agreed to be interviewed throughout the process.
This is actually a kind of unfairness, because some people enjoy privileges, and some people can only cooperate with advertising.
When the nurse placed the Siamese on the prepared hospital bed and revealed the true face of the Siamese child, the scene was almost overwhelmed with long guns and short cannons.
However, the journal was a bit humane, and at least put a mask on the faces of the two conjoined children to prevent them from being frightened by the flash.
"Oh my God, look at these two children, their bellies are completely connected."
"I read the briefing that not only the belly is connected, but even the internal organs are shared."
"Wow, how is this surgery done? Can a viscera be split in two? ”
"So the doctors in the United States are reluctant to take over, only this magical Chen of the Chinese Kingdom has this ability."
While the reporters were taking pictures, there was a lot of discussion, and many TV reporters started to make TV videos with the conjoined children as the background.
Doctors from the Viethorng-chung Hospital also stood at the windows on the second, third, and fourth floors and looked down.
Even the doctors, they had never seen a live-action version of a conjoined baby, so it was a novelty, and they all stood on their toes.
The scene was as lively as Gaza, and Chen Qi also had a considerable interest in Siamese children.
Conjoined babies have not been found in China, because in the past, childbirth was a natural birth and needed to pass through the birth canal.
And the conjoined child either does not come, or when it comes, two fetuses are born at the same time, and a birth canal does not allow two fetuses to pass through at the same time, so even if there is a conjoined child, it will also be a corpse and three lives in the delivery process.
The earliest recorded conjoined children in China were the two brothers "Zeng" and "Yin" in the early 19th century.
The reason why their names are so strange is because their father is Chinese and their mother is Thai-Chinese.
And the conjoined twins were born in Thailand and later went to live in the United States, so strictly speaking, they only have Chinese ancestry, and they are not conjoined people in China.
The first case of conjoined people in China was not until 2009, when a mother in Hubei successfully gave birth to a pair of ischial conjoined babies through cesarean section, named "Linglong Sisters".
The sisters were lucky, because only the ischial adhesions, the internal organs and legs were independent, so they finally underwent separation surgery.
Unfortunately, one of them was able to stand up with intact bones, and the other was paralyzed for life.
In addition, there are rumors that in 1956, Union Hospital once performed a conjoined person separation operation, but the patient died after the failure of the operation, but there are no relevant papers and literature, so this matter is doubtful.
In 2011, a pair of conjoined babies were born in Sichuan, which belonged to bicephaly.
In addition to their two heads, the two sisters share a torso, but have two spinal systems, two trachea, two esophagus, stomach, kidneys, and only one and a half hearts, and the two sisters also share the gallbladder, spleen, pelvis, bladder, and vegetation system.
Unfortunately, the conjoined babies survived for only 150 days after the hospital's all-out rescue.
Think about Iran's twin sisters, the world's only surviving liantou twins, who were denied medical treatment all over the world, and finally the Singapore hospital took the risk of preparing for surgical separation, only to die in the hospital.
It can be seen that the survival rate of conjoined babies is very low, and the surgery is very complicated.
What's more, it's only 1991, and the only person in the world who is willing to take over conjoined babies is Chen Qi, a "second-class doctor".
The hospital only had one minute left for the reporters to take pictures, and when the time came, the nurse hurriedly walked into the door of the inpatient department with the conjoined baby and was quickly arranged to be hospitalized.
The reporters immediately surrounded Chen Qi on the steps:
"May I ask Dean Chen, do you have the confidence to do these two surgeries?"
Chen Qi likes to deal with the media the most, because the media can help you brag, as long as the red envelope is in place, you are not afraid of people hacking you.
"Of course I have confidence, if I don't have confidence, I will refuse surgery like other doctors, and then continue to be far ahead in the profession of goodness, just keep the persona, right?
At present, we know that there is not a single surviving patient with mermaid syndrome. The conjoined people have survived in the single digits, and if I refuse to act today, these two little patients may be in a life-and-death crisis, and it will be difficult for them to survive.
I am a doctor, I am wearing a white coat, we all swore when we were studying medicine, we will dedicate our lives to the health of the people, in our Chinese words, I don't go to hell who goes to hell, for the sake of two children, I can take this risk. ”
"Good~~~"
A few Chinese doctors in the crowd shouted, and then everyone applauded, and couldn't help but praise this fearless doctor.
This wave of forcing was loaded by Chen Qi.
But there was also a doctor in the United States who was a little unconvinced and shouted loudly:
"Chen, your courage is very commendable, but according to the information I searched, the Vietnamese Central Hospital does not have a similar history of treatment experience, and in addition, the Vietnamese Central Hospital has not even carried out organ transplant operations, may I ask, why do you think you can do these two ultra-difficult surgeries."
Chen Qi was just about to leave, and stopped when he heard this question.
"This gentleman, if you had come to interview me 10 years ago, you would have questioned why you Chen Qi brought plastic surgery and burn surgery to the first place in the world, and why did you bring digestive endoscopy to the first place in the world? Why did you become a co-director of the International Medical Association?
But if you look at it now, I, a doctor who was born in China and received medical education in China, have brought these disciplines to the first place in the world, and our key gastroenterology experiments in Vietnam and Central Chinese Hospital, as well as the genetics and botology laboratory, are also in the leading position in the world.
The gentleman next to me, the editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery, a top international medical journal, promised me that as long as my operation was successful, they would help us issue an additional issue of the special issue of Viethorng-chung Hospital, and publish 10 papers in one go.
So you don't have to have too many doubts and guesses, the premise of my two surgeries is that I have the strength and ability, and in a few days the world's most famous surgeons will watch it live, do you think I might be bragging? ”
The foreign correspondent opened his mouth, unable to say anything.
After all, Chen Qi's record is too strong, and he can bring an ordinary local hospital to the height of an internationally renowned hospital, and no one believes that Chen Qi is bragging about it.
Doctors are not politicians, doctors have to eat with real skills.
The Chinese reporters at the scene applauded warmly, and even the foreign reporters applauded again.
In their eyes, Chen Qi is no longer a Chinese doctor, but belongs to the world. If you are useless, it is your own country, and if you are useful, it is the world, and the double standard is very obvious.
Chen Qi's answer indirectly played a wave of soft advertisements for the Vietnamese Central Hospital, and at the same time, it also made him famous all over the world again.
When Chen Qi came to the ward, the Mi Guo conjoined baby had already been put into the incubator.
The ward was full of people, and even the Moxico tycoon next door couldn't help but come over to see who was worse than him.
Seeing Dean Chen coming, Editor-in-Chief Gabrielth helped introduce to the parents of conjoined babies:
"This is our chief surgeon this time, and the director of this beautiful hospital, Mr. Chen Qi, who is also a director of two international medical associations, which is very rare in the world. Most importantly, Dr. Tan has a 100% success rate so far, with no mistakes. ”
"Oh God, Dr. Chan, you are simply a legendary saint."
Jamie, the father of the conjoined baby, held Chen Qi's hand tightly, and he was still a little excited in his heart, this record was really brilliant.
Chen Qi thought to himself, I am not only a famous doctor, Lao Tzu is also your de facto boss, and all the money you make is working for me.
"Mr. Jamie, don't worry, the separation of your two children is on me, and I won't let you down."
"Thank you, thank you!"
With the departure of unrelated personnel, doctors in China and the United States began to make patient contacts, and the doctor in charge of the conjoined baby was Dr. Oswed of Cliff Clinic.
"Chen, this is the medical record, the current twins' vital signs are stable, and they have independent heart, lungs and four legs, their biggest problem now is that they share a stomach and liver, the next operation will divide the stomach and liver in two, or use the method of organ transplantation?"
Especially for the liver, it is very difficult for a baby who is only 4 months old to divide the liver in two and not be disappointed during the operation.
But Chen Qi is happy in his heart, this liver surgery is his old profession, this is what he doesn't know, the real specialty.
The only difficulty for Chen Qi is what to do with the stomach? If it's split in two, is it cut horizontally or vertically? How is the cardia pylorus rebuilt? How is the function of the stomach preserved?
If it is a stomach transplant, the child who takes the whole stomach is happy, but what about the child who does not have a stomach?
The quality of the transplanted stomach is definitely different from the original stomach, and it is difficult to say how long it will last, not to mention the rejection.
Chen Qi thought about it for a while, and felt that it was best for him to adopt a relatively fair way:
"Personally, I tend to split the stomach in half, one half of a child, so that I can avoid rejection after an organ transplant, but I have to discuss with my colleagues how this surgery should be done."
Fortunately, the gastroenterology department of the Viet Chung Hospital is also among the best in the world
After Lan Lijuan's Helicobacter pylori project, her research focus in recent years has been gastrointestinal, and she has published several international papers, and has done more research in this area than him.
At this time, Carlos, who was watching the excitement in the corner, stopped doing it:
"Chen, you're saying that organ transplants will have a lot of side effects, so don't consider organ transplants in the first place, right?"
Everyone turned around and saw that this strange Messi singer, especially the people of the United States looked down on this poor neighbor the most, Jamie just wanted to reprimand a few words, but suddenly someone stopped him and told him the true identity of the master.
Jamie seconds.
Chen Qi nodded: "That's right, organ transplantation is not only surgery, but also requires adjuvant treatment with a lot of anti-expulsion drugs, and the current drugs in this area still cannot achieve the desired effect." ”
Carlos turned his face: "Then why do you want to give my daughter an organ transplant?" ”
"Because your daughter doesn't have these organs, she can't be transplanted from someone else, and the twins have complete organs, but the problem is that they only have one stomach and one liver, so I said that the first consideration should be to divide it into two."
"Ahem, I see, I'm sorry, I misunderstood."
Carlos is a reckless hero who hasn't gone to college, so he can't keep up with logical thinking.
Although he was rich and tried to look like a socialite, an upper-class person, he was shallow in some of his actions and thinking.
Chen Qi shrugged, and it was impossible for him to really express his contempt for this God of Wealth.
"By the way, Mr. Carlos, the list of organs I need has been given to you, you ...... You ready? ”
Carlos patted his chest: "Ready, our ship has docked on the nearest high seas in China, and someone will volunteer to donate organs at any time." ”
Many people blinked and didn't understand, why did organ transplantation connect with ships on the high seas?