Out of the operating room, Liu Haipeng said to Zhao Heng with emotion: "Doctor Zhao, when did you say that the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia can no longer use the extreme method of damaging nerves?" ”

"The times are advancing, medicine is also developing, there will always be such a day."

Zhao Heng said slowly.

Indeed, for the patient just now, although the pain was eliminated after the surgery, he also permanently lost part of the feeling.

This loss is irreversible.

This also made Zhao Heng realize that from the current medical technology, doctors are also quite powerless in the face of certain diseases.

Back in the anesthesiology department, Zhao Heng looked at the time, it was already eleven twenty.

Is it time to eat?

Zhao Heng stood up, as if he had changed into a white coat to eat.

Xu Manni didn't come to work today, so Zhao Heng was only one to eat.

Although he ate alone, Zhao Heng still wanted to go for a walk outside the hospital, and the patient who had the operation just now made Zhao Heng's heart feel very touched.

Coming out of the hospital, Zhao Heng walked around for a long time, came to a snack street near the hospital, looked at it for a long time, and saw a beef noodle restaurant that looked pretty good, so he walked in and ordered a bowl of special braised beef noodles with meat and mint.

While waiting above, Zhao Heng suddenly heard someone calling him, and his voice was very pleasantly surprised.

"Doctor Zhao?"

Zhao Heng turned his head and saw that when he went to lecture yesterday, as soon as Zhao Heng went in, he took Zhao Heng as a doctor and dragged him to the middle-aged bald uncle in the back row.

"Uncle?"

Zhao Heng was also a little surprised, but still nodded.

Regarding the behavior of this middle-aged bald uncle before class, Zhao Heng still thought it was quite interesting.

Next, the middle-aged bald uncle sat down at Zhao Heng's table.

As soon as he sat down, the uncle said, "Harm, Dr. Zhao, I didn't recognize you as an expert yesterday, I saw that you were so young, and I thought you were a doctor." ”

"Maybe I have a face of forty or fifty years old, it will be more convincing."

Zhao Heng smiled and said with a little joke.

"Uncle, which hospital are you from?"

After a pause, Zhao Heng asked again.

"I came from Dali Prefecture Hospital to study."

"Doctor Xiao Zhao, let me tell you, our Dali is a good place, if you have the opportunity, you must travel to our side, and I will be your tour guide at that time."

The uncle is very talkative, so he invited him to travel.

"That's a good idea, but I don't know when I'll have time."

Zhao Heng smiled and nodded and said.

"Well, in a big hospital like Oriental Hospital, we have less time to rest than we do."

Uncle said.

"Uncle, I don't know what your name is?"

Zhao Xu asked.

Uncle has always called people, and it seems to be a little rude.

"Well, my name is Zhong Jiaqiang, Doctor Zhao, you can just call me Lao Zhong."

Zhong Jiaqiang said.

"Well, old clock."

Zhao Heng is as good as a stream.

"Lao Zhong, what is the situation of your pain treatment for patients with terminal cancer?"

Zhao Heng thought about it and asked again.

It is important to know that for the pain treatment of patients with advanced cancer, opioid painkillers are still the main treatment in most places.

Only a very small number of hospitals will carry out the high-end and cutting-edge pain treatment method of neuraxial analgesia device implantation.

In other words, the vast majority of patients with advanced cancer are still suffering from pain for a long time.

"The vast majority are supported by opioids, and a few are treated with nerve block anesthesia, nerve release, or occlusion surgery. Dr. Zhao, you also know the economic situation in our southwest region, most of the patients with advanced cancer do not have the financial ability to do this high-end surgery for neuraxial analgesia device implantation. ”

Speaking of this, Zhong Jiaqiang was a little embarrassed, although he came to study and learn the latest technology, but after learning, it is still unknown how far he can go back.

Some patients with advanced cancer have already emptied their families by just paying for chemotherapy and painkillers, let alone high-end surgeries such as neuraxial analgesia.

"At present, neuraxial analgesia is the best treatment for pain treatment in patients with advanced cancer."

Zhao Heng said.

The neuraxial analgesic device is implanted, and the intrathecal infusion of the drug directly acts on the central morphine receptor to exert the central analgesic effect, and the patient's drug dose is significantly reduced, and the intrathecal drug dose only needs 1/300 of the oral dose, and the adverse reactions such as dizziness, nausea, and constipation will also be significantly reduced.

For patients with advanced cancer, as long as the pain can be eliminated, their quality of life can be greatly improved.

"Dr. Zhao, what you said is that for patients with advanced cancer, the pain is the biggest factor in the decline of patients' quality of life. As long as the pain can be effectively controlled, the quality of life of patients can be greatly improved. However, the reality is that very few patients have the financial means to afford the cost of neuraxial analgesia device implantation at the time of terminal cancer. ”

Zhong Jiaqiang nodded and said very truthfully.

"Technology is always advancing, and now it's expensive, so maybe it will be widespread in the future."

Seeing Zhong Jiaqiang's melancholy face, Zhao Heng comforted the middle-aged bald uncle and said.

"Old Zhong, how long do you still need to study?"

Zhao Heng asked again.

"Well, there's still half a year."

Zhong Jiaqiang didn't understand why Zhao Heng asked this, but he still nodded and said.

"Then there is still some time, when I have neuraxial analgesia and other surgeries in the future, if you have time, you can come and take a look."

Zhao Heng thought for a while and said.

"Really? Dr. Zhao, no, Dr. Zhao. ”

Hearing Zhao Heng's words, Zhong Jiaqiang immediately became excited.

When I was in class that day, how high Zhao Heng's level was, through the operation video, all the doctors who were studying abroad saw it.

After class that day, there were many doctors who were thinking that it would be good if they could follow Zhao Heng to do a few surgeries and see them on the spot, which would definitely help a lot to improve their skills.

But to be honest, Zhao Heng is from the anesthesiology department, and many advanced doctors come to the oncology department for further study, at best, they go to the pain department to stay, basically there is no such channel to find Zhao Heng, let alone follow the operation.

Zhao Heng's proposal is a joy from heaven for Zhong Jiaqiang!

"Of course."

Zhao Heng saw Zhong Jiaqiang's excited face, nodded and said.

"Well, thank you so much, Dr. Zhao."

Zhong Jiaqiang is very grateful to Zhao Heng.

He knew that he was the only one in this group of trainee doctors who had been given such an opportunity.

Then when this group of trainee doctors return to their respective hospitals, they will definitely do better than other hospitals in this area of surgery.

In this way, it will be of great help to Zhong Jiaqiang to be promoted to the title or something in the future.