680 Two-Headed Ogre
"Teacher Wu, is it an old volunteer soldier?" asked Ma Xiude.
Wu Mian turned on Bluetooth and Guo Ruming on the phone, and Ma Xiude couldn't hear it if he wanted to.
"Hmm. Wu Mian said, "It's a bit old, and I don't know what the basic conditions are." When Director Guo sends someone here, I'll take a look at the situation first. ”
In recent years, the remains of volunteers have returned to China, and Mattheude watched a recording and watched it, and he was in tears.
After thinking for a moment, Ma Xiude said in a deep voice, "Teacher Wu, do you have any special needs?"
"When the time comes, I'll talk about it when I see the old man. Wu Mian said, "Stay in the special needs ward, and I'll think about the rest." You think about the candidates for the special needs ward, and you are just about to take the exam, so you can find a few capable nurses. As for the doctors...... I'll think about it again. ”
"Good. Matthew replied.
The 93-year-old man, when he was young, experienced the battle for the founding of the country when he was full of artillery fire, lying on ice and chewing snow, and I am afraid that there are many hidden diseases in his body. The physical condition is not much better, and it is necessary to take care of it with capable strength.
Special needs wards are available in every hospital, but with different names. For example, the special needs ward of Xiehe is called Shuaifu, which is no longer a special need, and it is different from other hospitals.
"Teacher Wu, are we looking for a ward in the special needs ward, or ......?"
"Just now we sent Mr. Zheng and his entourage to Laolu Mountain, I want to use the building at the foot of the mountain as a special needs ward, do you think it is appropriate? Wu Mian asked.
Matthew was stunned for a moment.
The building at the foot of the old eagle mountain is amazing.
A few days ago, when Golden Boeing came to China, Mr. Wu disappeared for a while, and before that, buildings at the foot of Laoyu Mountain sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
It's like a god casting a spell, a spell, and a flat thing is created.
Ma Xiude also thought that it was going to be turned into a resort villa, receiving dignitaries and dignitaries who came to Mr. Wu for medical treatment and surgery. But I didn't expect Mr. Wu to mean this, is there a special need for a ward? If you want to renovate, it will be a big project.
"They are all designed according to the ward, and the oxygen pipes and various wiring do not need to be modified. Wu Mian seemed to be able to read minds, and he could tell the confusion in his heart in one sentence.
Originally, it was built according to the model of a ward, but it would have taken a lot of effort to turn it into a resort, but it would have been difficult to turn it into a special needs ward.
"That's good. Matthew smiled, "I'll pick a few people to arrange for the past, but fortunately, there are still a lot of people in us." If the five courtyards are opened after the year, I am afraid that there will be a shortage of people everywhere. ”
"I'm not worried about the quality of the personnel and the basic hardware. Wu Mian smiled, "I'll think about it again after tomorrow's operation and think about what else is missing." ”
"Mr. Wu, I heard that tomorrow's surgery is big?" asked Mathew.
"Well, to subcompletely remove Zheng Linyuan's left cerebral cortex, there are very few in China and not many internationally. Wu Mian said, "There is another uncertain point, generally speaking, the people who do this kind of surgery are infants and young children, and people over 16-18 years old have not done much." There is a lack of information, and failure is the mainstay. ”
"You're sure, don't worry. Matthew said casually.
Speaking of treatment, Matthew's tone unconsciously became extremely affirmative, unquestionable.
"I really don't know where your inexplicable confidence comes from. Wu Mian smiled.
"This time has been accumulated. Matthew said, "If you hear someone say how good your surgery is, I'll listen to it." But I have seen you complete so many major surgeries with my own eyes, especially when our Sword Association Hospital first opened, the president of Cambridge University came from thousands of miles to us for surgery, and the matter is not clear. ”
"Huh. Wu Mian smiled and shook his head slightly.
"Teacher Wu, cut the cerebral cortex, can people still be the same as normal people?" asked Matthewd if he didn't understand.
"There is still too little research on the brain. Wu Mian said, "Normally, this operation is used to treat infantile hemiplegia with intractable epilepsy and behavioral disorders, cerebrofacial hemangiomatosis, hemimegaencephaly, and other very rare cases.
When I was in Massachusetts, I had a cerebral hemispherectomy for cerebrofacial angiomatosis, and I was shocked when I saw the patient for the first time. ”
"Cerebrofacial hemangioma?"
"Well, the size of the patient's hemangioma ...... It's a little smaller than a normal head, but not much. Wu Mian said, "Looking at it from a distance, it looks like a two-headed ogre in mythology." ”
Matthew didn't know about ogres, that was a foreign myth, and people his age didn't have much contact with it. But when it comes to two heads, he has his own imagination.
The first doctor in Massachusetts gave him the nickname Two-Headed Ogre. Wu Mian smiled, "The operation lasted 13 hours, and when I got off the stage, the girl was so tired that she couldn't stand up." ”
"What about after the surgery?"
"The recovery is good, I stayed in the ICU for 14 days, and my condition has improved and transferred out. Wu Mian said, "I encountered a lot of problems during the operation, and I have accumulated a certain amount of experience. At that time, I almost decided to have half of the patient's brain removed, just a little bit. ”
"......," Matthewd stunned, "can you still live?"
"People with only half a brain are still able to have basic life and cognitive abilities like normal people. But these are just some cases, and the specific conditions to adapt to, the medical community has not yet reached a conclusion. Wu Mian explained simply.
"Uh......"
"Not to mention this, there are very few surgeries in the history of people who have completely cut off half of their brains, and I have looked for them, but there is no record. However, in the treatment of infantile hemiplegia with intractable epilepsy and behavioral disorders, there are many patients who have one side of the cerebral cortex removed.
Caltech surveyed six of these patients. ”
"Brain MRI imaging of these seemingly normal patients revealed that patients with half of their brains removed were able to maintain normal life because the rest of their brains were able to adaptively adjust to form unusually strong neural connections between neural networks of different functions. ”
"Can the brain grow adaptively?!" Mathewd was surprised.
"Hmm. Wu Mian nodded, "But Zheng Linyuan is an adult, so it is not certain whether he can grow or not." I talked to Mr. Chu, and he insisted on surgery. ”
Ma Xiude understood Wu Mian's words, as a senior medical director, his first thought was - medical disputes.
This is a high-risk patient...... It can't even be said to be a high risk, but a very high risk patient, and if the surgery is approved by the medical department, he will definitely not agree to it.
But the Sword Association Hospital is a different mode of operation, and Matthew sighed and thought about what he could do if something happened. After thinking about it for a few minutes, he suddenly realized that he couldn't do anything.
It's okay, Mr. Wu shoulders it, you don't have to think about it too much, so many useless hearts.