The Godfather of Surgery

Because the scalp is rich in blood vessels, wounds heal very quickly. Generally, the sutures of wounds on the head and face can be removed in 3-5 days. The sutures of Li Gaoyang's surgical incision were removed 5 days after the operation. After a day or two of observation, if there are no problems, the patient can be discharged from the hospital and return home.

Li Gaoyang is very satisfied with this medical trip to China. The scars have healed and he has forgotten the pain. Now Li Gaoyang has completely forgotten the death threat and suffocation that the previous disease brought to him.

Now, Li Gaoyang's mind is full of revenge plans. He hates Huang Jiacai so much that he can break his teeth. Huang Jiacai took advantage of the opportunity of helping him get medical treatment and grabbed a lot of profits from him.

Only Li Gaoyang has always suffered losses from others, but now Li Gaoyang actually suffers losses at the hands of others. This loss is very big.

Yang Ping made his last ward round to Li Gaoyang. During the ward round, Li Gaoyang's previous humble attitude of asking for help completely disappeared, and he was replaced by the appearance of a superior American boss. Yang Ping thought he was ridiculous. How could this person's attitude turn 180 degrees before and after the operation? Although I have encountered this kind of patient before, with completely different faces before and after surgery, even the patient who changed his face the fastest before was not as good as Li Gaoyang now, which really gave Yang Ping a lot of experience.

However, Yang Ping still has many patients. Li Gaoyang is just one of Yang Ping's many patients, and he is just a patient in Yang Ping's eyes, so Yang Ping will not agree with him at all.

After Yang Ping finished checking the room, a graduate student came over to verify Li Gaoyang's phone number, address, email address and other communication tool accounts. The graduate student had to enter all these information into the computer follow-up system to ensure that all the information was true and reliable, because Li Gaoyang's situation required Follow-up should be conducted for at least ten years and, if possible, lifelong follow-up.

After verifying the follow-up data, the graduate student handed him a copy of the follow-up instructions. Li Gaoyang took the follow-up instructions and read them word by word.

"Follow-up? Didn't it say that the probability of recurrence of this kind of tumor is very small?" Li Gaoyang couldn't help but feel a little scared and asked.

The graduate student used a very official tone and said calmly: "All our cases require follow-up. Although the probability of recurrence in your case is small, it is not completely absent. Moreover, the timing of your surgery is a little late, so the probability of recurrence will be higher." Relatively larger, once this kind of tumor recurs, surgery will be more difficult than it is now. Only Professor Yang can We can perform the surgery for you, so the contact information you leave must be true and valid, and do not change it at will. If there is any change, please inform us immediately. This is the contact number, email address, WeChat ID, etc. of our follow-up team. We, The contact information will not change. With conditions like yours, lifelong follow-up is possible.”

After hearing this, Li Gaoyang felt cold in his heart: "Lifelong follow-up? Do you mean that it is possible that Professor Yang will have to perform the surgery?"

"Yes! We will give you a form for regular re-examination, and each time the re-examination results are sent to our email, we have dedicated personnel to handle it. When this kind of tumor re-examination occurs in the early stage, it is very atypical, and most of the world's Most doctors have no relevant experience in reading films, so they must send us the MRI films and let us read them, so that the diagnosis will not be missed.” The graduate student’s explanation was very detailed.

The more detailed the explanation, the more furious Li Gaoyang felt. This meant that he was bound to Yang Ping for this life.

"You mean, I have to keep in touch with Professor Yang for the rest of my life?" Li Gaoyang swallowed bitter saliva and said. He didn't know whether the bitterness in his mouth was caused by fear or the medicine he took not long ago.

The graduate student said, "That's not necessary."

This made Li Gaoyang feel much more relaxed and let out a sigh of relief.

"With the development of medicine, one day many neurosurgeons will be able to perform this kind of surgery. At this time, you can complete the follow-up consultation locally." The graduate student added.

Li Gaoyang had just breathed a sigh of relief, but now he was frightened by the graduate student's words and shuddered.

One day medicine will advance! When was this? Ten years, twenty years, fifty years? There is great uncertainty in this, just like one day mankind can eliminate war. At that time, the earth will be one family, and everyone will live in harmony and be as close as brothers. Is this statement realistic? Not at all. To be more precise, this kind of words is completely a kind of comforting language. It only has emotional comfort value and has no practical value.

This is actually a lifelong bond with Professor Yang.

"Among the cases you are currently following up, are there any recurrence cases?" Li Gaoyang frowned.

"Of course!" the graduate student said without hesitation.

"What's the probability?"

"The data has not been sorted out yet, so it cannot be leaked. This will mislead patients and add unnecessary pressure to patients. But I can tell you that the probability of recurrence of this kind of case is far greater than the statistics in textbooks and previous literature, because in the past Many doctors have insufficient understanding of this disease and lack of follow-up data, so the statistical data they provide have no reference value at all.” The graduate student’s explanation was very cautious and professional.

Sweat broke out on Li Gaoyang's forehead. He felt that the young doctor in front of him was unreliable and suspected of misleading and intimidating patients. He decided to ask Professor Yang Ping himself.

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In Yang Ping's office.

Li Gaoyang sat opposite Yang Ping. His bald head had grown some hair and was no longer as shiny as before.

"Professor Yang, will my condition recur? Do I need lifelong review?"

Without thinking, Yang Ping answered directly in English: "Theoretically, any tumor has the possibility of recurrence. If conditions permit, lifelong review is strongly recommended."

"What is the probability of recurrence?" Li Gaoyang felt that Professor Yang's words were much more important than those of the graduate student.

"For you, it's either zero or 100%. For us doctors, you are just one of many statistical specimens, so statistical probability doesn't mean much to you. You just need to do regular checkups. Hasn't the doctor in our follow-up team conducted pre-discharge education for you?" Yang Ping was very curious. Why didn't he know anything and still came to ask him.

"There is education, there is education. If there is a recurrence, is there any way to deal with it?" Li Gaoyang continued to ask.

"Keep in close contact with us. Once signs of recurrence are found, surgery should be performed as soon as possible to eliminate the disease in its infancy. This is our three early principles, early detection, early diagnosis, and early treatment. Therefore, follow-up is very important. As long as conditions permit, try to do lifelong follow-up to ensure subsequent health. Do you have any other questions?" Yang Ping saw that Li Gaoyang's face was not very good.

"No problem. Can I go back to the United States for a checkup at Mayo? Because I'm very busy." Li Gaoyang is a little confused now.

Yang Ping said: "Of course, but the test results must be fed back to us. In your case, Mayo currently does not have the ability to make early diagnosis of recurrence."

"Okay, Professor Yang, thank you, can you ask a nurse to push me back?" Li Gaoyang's legs were weak now and he couldn't stand up.

Yang Ping was very surprised. Wasn't he fine when he just came? He walked in by himself. Besides, he recovered well after the operation and his athletic ability was not impaired at all.

"Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Yang Ping asked.

Li Gaoyang shook his head: "Just a little tired."