godfather of surgery

Chapter 408 Hope in Despair
At NASA Headquarters in Washington, the news was like an atomic bomb.

It was thought to be just an ordinary medical incident, but now it is a potentially fatal emergency. Director Jim Basa immediately activated the highest emergency procedures.

Since the Columbia space shuttle disaster in 2003, the United States has not encountered a fatal disaster in spaceflight, and if Steven had an accident, he would not be able to account for it.

On February 2003, 2, the space shuttle Columbia entered the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, on the verge of completing its 1th mission.

At this time, the accident happened, and the space shuttle exploded and disintegrated, killing all seven astronauts on board.

In that accident, the wreckage of the Columbia exploded from the outskirts of Dallas to Taylor, and some of the wreckage even fell into Louisiana.

Like the Challenger space shuttle accident in 1986, the space shuttle was grounded for two years.

Although this is a medical incident, it is difficult for the public to accept the death accident.

The Internet, newspapers, and television are already tracking this news. Everything is exposed under the magnifying glass of public opinion. No one can face the surging pressure of public opinion. Even if we gather the power of the whole United States, we must try our best to prevent the accident from happening.

Director Jim Basa was keenly aware of the seriousness of the situation, and immediately flew from Washington to Houston with the chief medical officer and a group of officials to personally direct the emergency medical incident, and carried a laptop computer for online video communication throughout the process.

Dozens of top medical experts in the United States gathered in Houston, and professional matters were left to professional people. The role of Jim Basa was only to coordinate and mobilize all resources to deal with this emergency.

Jimbasa is glad that he made a decisive decision to let the Falcon 9 launch ahead of schedule, otherwise he would have to wait for more than ten days, and it is very likely that something happened to Steven before the diagnosis was made clear.

Exactly which link went wrong is something to be done afterwards, and what needs to be done now is how to get Steven back to Earth safely.

The director and his party got off the plane and hurried to the ground control center in Houston. Collins handed over a cup of instant coffee. Jim Basa didn't feel like drinking it, and asked impatiently, "What should we do?"

Now only the doctors present can give him an answer. Except for aerospace medical experts, the doctors present are the most elite medical talents in the United States, especially Johannesson, Eugene, Massimo, surgery, internal medicine and intervention. This neurosurgical disease is simply the golden triangle of the world.

"Intracranial aneurysm, the blood vessel bursts at any time, it passes through the life center of the brainstem, if it returns without treatment, it will definitely die, and there will be no second result." Massimo introduced to Jim Basa.

The simulation results of GG Company have been reported. The computer simulated [-] times at the same time, and [-]% died of blood vessel burst on the way back.

Jim Basa took out a tissue and wiped his sweat. He wanted to ask just now: "Can I venture back to Earth?"

"Can only be treated on the spot in the space station?" Jim Basa asked.

"That's right, only interventional treatment is available. The medical kit we sent up this time contains interventional equipment, but this artery is a very small innominate artery. It passes through the nerve nucleus, and the smallest equipment in our medical kit can't help it." Complete the intervention." Massimo denied Jim Basa's question.

Can't go back, and there's no way to treat it?Is it just waiting to die on it?
Jim Basa didn't understand. These doctors have studied and studied, but there is still no way?
They asked to launch the rocket in advance and send Susan and the equipment up. Jim Basa slapped his forehead and signed immediately. The rocket has already gone to the sky.

"The problem now is that my laboratory has thinner catheter guide wires and coils. Even if I send them up, no one can complete the operation. Even if I send me up, I can't complete the operation on the space station. The guide wire is in the cranium. There are countless tortuous blood vessels in the body, and a little carelessness will puncture the blood vessels and cause death. On the earth, I still have 20.00% certainty. In the microgravity environment of the space station, a person who has not undergone strict training can even perform simple movements It can’t even be done, let alone such a delicate operation.” Massimo has never said such a lack of confidence in his life.

Jim Bartha couldn't understand the whole cerebral angiography DSA image.

"What do you guys think? Could a telemedicine device help?" Jim Bartha asked the lead engineer, scientist Richard Franklin.

Richard is not optimistic: "The tactile feedback of telemedicine equipment is poor, and there is an uncertain delay. According to Dr. Massimo's introduction, the success rate should be less than 20.00%."

Richard's understanding is very good. He is not a medical student, but he quickly grasped the crux of the problem.

"It is impossible to send a doctor to the sky, and the time is too late. The greatest hope should be to use telemedicine equipment to complete this rescue." Dr. Richard had a clear mind.

"Masimo, I have trained this set of remote equipment. Intuition has cooperated with NASA to develop it. Even with the best experience in operating surgical robots, it cannot surpass your current success rate." Johannesson didn't think it would be of much help.

Massimo also knows the flaws of this set of equipment: "Uncertain delay, lack of tactile feedback, this is the fatal weakness, which will infinitely reduce the success rate of surgery."

"Perhaps, there is someone who can do it?" Johannesson suddenly remembered.

"Who?" Jim Basa stood up and leaned forward.

I was just stunned by these doctors, and I have been in depression. Now someone proposes that someone can do it, and I see a ray of light in the dark.

Johannesson paused: "A Chinese doctor, if anyone in this world can do it, I can only think of him. I saw him complete a brainstem tumor resection. This kind of surgery is in our hands. Where the success rate is less than 5.00%, he can achieve 80.00%.”

"Chinese?"

Jim Basa was a little hesitant. This matter will definitely be exposed to the public's view, and it will be embarrassing for the Chinese to resolve it in the end.

But the pragmatist Jim Basa doesn't care so much, it will be even more embarrassing if there are no people on it.

"Professor Johannesson, you are responsible for your words and deeds. Johns Hopkins has the most advanced interventional medicine in the world. Can they surpass us? Many of China's top interventional experts are trained by us." Massimo is serious Warn Johannesson.

"I am responsible for my speech, Miss Secretary, please make the necessary records, but I am not sure whether he is proficient in intervention, but I can be sure that no one in this world knows this disease better than him, perhaps He has a way."

"There was a case where I was invited to consult. We always believed that the success rate of the operation would not exceed 5.00%. Until I saw this young man, his calmness and calmness made me unforgettable. He told me that this case The success rate can reach 80.00%.”

"Do you know? I watched the entire operation. He used a 0.1mm laser scalpel to completely remove the tumor in the middle of the nerve group that controls the heartbeat and breathing. During the operation, there were four cardiac arrests, one of which went through 21 times. He was rescued only after electric defibrillation, and for the last time during the arrest period, he competed with the god of death for time to perform surgery, and then rescued him after the operation, all of these were predicted by him before the operation."

"After watching the whole operation, as a visitor, I almost collapsed. He is the god of surgery in my heart, Massimo. To put it bluntly, if he is proficient in intervention, you will be eclipsed." Johannesson is serious , doesn't sound like nonsense at all.

Massimo shook his head: "Johannesson, you are a rigorous neurosurgeon, what are you talking about. I don't understand. There are such people in this world, so I don't know?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand, I don't expect you to understand, I just want to say, please come! This is the best hope, Steven is waiting in the sky now, maybe in the next second, the blood vessel will explode—— —" Johannesson understood that at this moment, he was powerless to convince others.

"If you want Steven to live, invite him to Houston right away. If he can't help it, it means God has given up on Steven." Johannesson said firmly.

"I'm going through this at the same time as Professor Griffin from MD Anderson Cancer Center and Professor Woodhead from the Twin Cities Spine Center, you can invite them to the meeting immediately. Believe me, even if he won't intervene, he can Guide us how to deal with this emergency calmly, I! Johannesson! In the name of God, please let him come." Johannesson stood up and said excitedly.

"All the top doctors in the United States here are inviting a Chinese to handle national emergencies for us? Don't you think it's ridiculous? Captain America saved the entire United States, and when he finally turned around, it turned out to be a Chinese." Ma Seamus is a conservative American.

"Is there a problem? I think it's good, Dr. Massimo, do you have a better way? After the 20.00% success rate is diluted by the distance of 400 kilometers, how much is there?" Johannesson was powerless to argue at this time, They can only be defeated by sharp means.

Massimo was at a loss for words. He had never been so humiliated, but he was a man who respected the facts.

"Are you sure this person is okay?" Massimo compromised, and Johannesson was definitely not a person who talked about it.

"I'm not sure, but if he can't do it, he probably can't. At least that's what I know." Johannesson replied.

"Contact him immediately!" Jim Basa doesn't care who he is, as long as he can solve the current problem.

"I'll try. He's in New York during this time. I'm not sure if he's gone." Johannesson took out his phone.

Ten minutes later: "He has already boarded the plane, and the plane has taken off for five hours."

Jim Basa lowered his head: "Are you sure he is the best hope?"

"In the name of God!" Johannesson reiterated.

Hope in despair, to be seized no matter what, Jim Barca makes the most important decision.

　Nearly [-] words, three chapters combined into two chapters, finished posting, thank you for waiting.

　　
　
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