The Surgeon's Studio

Chapter 753: What In The World Was Mitochondria?

“Uh...”

“This is the test report. I don’t see anything abnormal at the moment.” Chief Luo was not joking. Instead, he directly handed the test report that he had seen to Zheng Ren.

Zheng Ren saw that Chief Luo was magnanimous, so he smiled and took the test report to look at it.

The numbers of the test report were normal, so he did not see anything unusual.

Zheng Ren began to think about the patient’s symptoms described by the patient’s family—weakness in the whole body? What was he considering? Was it the fatigue and weakness brought about by a tumor, an electrolyte disorder, or some other illness?

There was also the diagnosis of intestinal obstruction, but a detailed examination ruled out the diagnosis.

Was it a fake intestinal obstruction, or was there a problem with the diagnosis from the local hospital? Zheng Ren quickly realized that treating patients in the Imperial Capital was indeed different from Sea City.

In Sea City, the patient’s family would not trust the local doctor very much. As long as it was some difficult and complicated illness, the possibility of staying behind to treat it was not high.

However, when they arrived at the Imperial Capital, the patient’s family members would usually bring the radiographic films and examination reports over first. They would not be able to see the patients themselves. Moreover, the patient’s family members were filled with anticipation, as if they would be able to understand whatever the disease was while in the Imperial Capital.

Faced with this kind of anticipation, Zheng Ren felt extremely pressured.

In Sea City, he could advise the patients and their family members to go to a higher-level hospital. But now, he was standing in a higher-level hospital. This was almost the last stop for all kinds of difficult and complicated diseases.

Zheng Ren flipped through the test results while feeling the new environment and problems.

Chief Luo looked very carefully. He did not make a conclusion just because there were many people waiting outside.

He asked some detailed questions from time to time. It seemed very casual, but Zheng Ren could tell Chief Luo’s real intention.

It was not a problem of diet, nor was it a problem of ionic disorder. Intestinal obstruction could temporarily be judged as a pseudo-intestinal obstruction.

Pseudo-intestinal obstruction was caused by nerve inhibition, toxin stimulation, or pathological changes in the smooth muscle of the intestinal wall itself, resulting in a disorder of the motor function of the intestinal wall muscles.

The patient had the symptoms and signs of intestinal obstruction, but there were no mechanical intestinal obstruction factors inside and outside the intestine. Therefore, it was also known as dynamic intestinal obstruction. It was a kind of syndrome without intestinal obstruction.

Simply put, it was a problem with the intestinal peristalsis.

There was no particularly good way to deal with this type of intestinal obstruction. One only needed to pay attention to their diet.

It should be like this, but they could not easily give a diagnosis. Zheng Ren quietly took over the various information that Chief Luo had read.

Suddenly, a test report appeared in Zheng Ren’s field of vision.

The bottom of the report for the electromyogram read as such—there was no abnormality in the electromyogram.

Were there no abnormalities?

Zheng Ren had never seen an electromyography before. It was a type of examination in the medical kinematics field. It was basically required by the neurosurgery department, the orthopedics department, and the trauma department. Even for them, they did not do much on the electromyography.

However, in Nanchuan Town, as well as the surgeries and diagnoses that followed through day and night, Zheng Ren’s auxiliary examinations were improved.

An electromyogram list caught his attention. In the electromyogram, Zheng Ren read countless pieces of information.

In the System space, he did not notice how the skill tree branch of the electromyogram was. But at this moment, it seemed most likely that it had improved along with the improvement of CT, MR, and other skills.

There was a problem with the electromyogram! The diagnosis given by the local hospital was wrong.

“Chief Luo, take a look at the electromyography,” Zheng Ren said softly.

“Huh?” Chief Luo was stunned. He did not understand electromyography. After all, he was a doctor in the gastrointestinal department and never looked at electromyography.

Chief Luo took a look at the report and was a little puzzled. “Boss Zheng, what do you think?”

“The local diagnosis was wrong,” Zheng Ren said.

Chief Luo was speechless.

He was speechless not because the local diagnosis was wrong. Because in the Imperial Capital, it was common to see the wrong diagnosis of lower-level hospitals. Even if he saw dozens or hundreds of patients every day, if he did not encounter a single wrong diagnosis, Chief Luo himself would find it a very magical day.

But... This was an electromyogram. Even Little Zheng understood it?

Chief Luo didn’t say anything. He just looked at Zheng Ren with a questioning look in his eyes.

Zheng Ren nodded slightly and said, “According to the performance of the electromyogram, I think it might be...”

“Hmm?” Chief Luo sensed Zheng Ren’s hesitation. Could it be a rare disease?

“It’s mitochondrial encephalomyopathy,” Zheng Ren said softly.

The patient’s family member was stunned. Mitochondria? What the hell was that? It sounded very strange.

Not only her, even Chief Luo was stunned.

Chief Luo was very cautious. He did not directly answer Zheng Ren. After a few seconds of silence, he picked up his phone and made a call.

“Hello, this is Luo Shan. I have a patient here who came with a local electromyogram. It’s suspected that there’s an error in the local diagnosis. Please take a look. Okay, I’ll ask the patient’s family to look for you. Write down your diagnosis. Thank you.”

After saying that, Chief Luo instructed the patient’s family to go to the electromyography room to look for a certain chief before returning.

The patient’s family was full of doubts but still followed Chief Luo’s instructions and left with the electromyography. As they walked, they tried to remember the term ‘mitochondrial encephalomyopathy’. However, they could not remember it clearly now. They only vaguely remembered the word ‘mitochondria’.

Chief Luo didn’t allow him to bring other information, saying that it was troublesome.

However, Zheng Ren knew that he might have to ask him many questions.

When the patient’s family went out, Chief Luo deliberately went to the door and said a few words to appease the other people who came to see the patient. Then, he closed the door and looked at Zheng Ren, asking, “Boss Zheng, how did you diagnose it?”

Chief Luo’s tone was not heavy but there was a sense of seriousness and academic vigor in it.

Zheng Ren knew that to get Chief Luo’s approval. Now was the make or break moment.

Previously when the Crohn’s disease patient was diagnosed, his judgment was the same as Chief Luo’s. He could display a part of his ability, but it was not enough.

Academics were only close to academics. Of course, there was also the matter of peers being enemies. Moreover, the probability of them being close to each other was higher.

In other words, if he did not have some skill or had not done research within the Imperial Capital, it would be difficult for him to even gain a foothold.

He could not really rely on the few beds given by Department Chief Kong to win the Nobel Prize, right?

Of course, he could also apply to the higher-ups and get the health department’s support. However, if that was the case, the timeline would be extended infinitely. Moreover, the Imperial Capital Hospital did not belong to the health department.

Zheng Ren did not want that.

He pulled himself together, smiled, and said, “Because there is a problem with the patient’s electromyography and according to the patient’s family, the patient is prone to fatigue. If I’m not wrong, they should definitely be extremely prone to fatigue.”

“How did you guess?” Chief Luo adjusted his glasses and stared at the young man with a swollen nose and slightly funny face. He did not hesitate to ask this question.

“Because of intestinal obstruction.” Zheng Ren said, “I came from the hospital below. There are not many doctors in the local hospital who know about mitochondrial encephalomyopathy. Uh... Sorry, I got off topic as I was talking.”