I run a clinic in the United States

Chapter 120 "The Most Beautiful Tumor" - "Shark Weeping Beads" ([-])
Of course, the ophthalmic nerve, maxillary nerve, and mandibular nerve are the three main nerves that branch out, and there are many small nerves.

Yes, the disease Zhou Qiao is considering is trigeminal neuralgia!

However, there are various causes of trigeminal neuralgia, usually divided into primary and secondary, and the causes of these two kinds of trigeminal neuralgia are different.

Among them, the cause of primary trigeminal neuralgia is not yet fully understood. The peripheral theory and central theory are more recognized. There are many causes of secondary trigeminal neuralgia, such as tumors, inflammation, vascular lesions, skull lesions, etc. .

If there is no detailed examination, it is difficult to know by palpation alone.

Although Zhou Qiao thought it was trigeminal neuralgia, he was still a little unsure. After all, he mainly relied on the system, and he did not have absolute confidence in his own strength for this difficult and complicated disease.

"System, activate the auxiliary diagnosis function!" Zhou Qiao silently gave the order to the system in his mind.

Immediately, after an invisible energy wave scanned, a virtual golden panel popped up in Zhou Qiao's mind:
[Patient Zhang Mengjing, symptoms: trigeminal neuralgia caused by cholesteatoma! 】

[After the diagnosis is completed, 5 medical mystery points will be deducted!The balance of the host doctor's Xuandian account: 396 points. 】

"Doctor Zhou, how is the situation?" Zhang Jianjun asked nervously.

Because he is used to observing words and expressions, he has already seen Zhou Qiao frowning inadvertently, as if he was meditating on something.

I said in my heart, brother Zhou, don't ponder, you have been pondering for so long, my heart is going up and down, like beating a drum!
Zhou Qiao frowned and said, "The situation is a bit complicated. I suspect that it's not ordinary pain, but trigeminal neuralgia."

"Trigeminal neuralgia?" Zhang Jianjun was taken aback, and asked, "Isn't it enough to prescribe some painkillers?"

Zhou Qiao shook his head and said: "Using painkillers only treats the symptoms, not the root cause, and I suspect that she has secondary trigeminal neuralgia. It is most likely caused by lesions in the face or skull that compress the trigeminal nerve."

Seeing Zhou Qiao draw a circle around the temple, Zhang Jianjun suddenly had a bad feeling: "You mean, there is a lesion in the brain?"

Is this still available?

Near the temple!What an important part that is!

Zhou Qiao said: "If it's not like this, let's do an inspection first to clarify everything, and we'll talk about everything after the report comes out!"

The reason why he said so much was to give the patient's family some fresh air first, so that they would be mentally prepared so that they would not be unable to accept it immediately after the diagnosis!
Of course, this is also because he has already diagnosed it with the system, otherwise, he would not have done so.

Because, what if it was misdiagnosed?Saying this now, when the time comes, people will come and scold you, saying that you deliberately scare people just to get more money!I can't explain it at that time!
Zhang Jianjun didn't think so. He felt that he must be seriously ill.

It's a hunch, a gut feeling!He was a scout when he was a soldier, and he has always had a strong sixth sense!

In addition, Zhou Qiao is not the young boy who just came to the United States!
At the beginning, Zhang Jianjun felt that although this guy was okay, he was too immature, but now, he didn't feel that way at all. Instead, he gave people the demeanor of a famous doctor and expert in every gesture!

Zhou Qiao has performed a lot of major surgeries in a short period of time, and his reputation has already spread inadvertently, and because of the alliance between 18th Street and the Hongmen and Huaqing gangs last time, Zhou Qiao has already become a legend in Chinatown!

Zhang Jianjun knows how powerful Zhou Qiao is, this is a man that even the violent queen likes!
Later, 18th Street was destroyed, but Zhang Jianjun heard the boss occasionally mention it, saying that the forces under the Queen of Violence have not weakened in any way, and they have all gone underground, faintly stronger!

After all, after changing its name to the Violent Queen Organization, Loya has already abandoned all the gang's business. Now it is not only a mercenary group, but also a local separatist force in East Africa!
In that part of East Africa, dominate!
What was destroyed was the decadent 18th Street, and what remained was the elite!

Zhou Qiao arranged for head CT and MRI, opened a form and a contact letter, signed her name, and asked Zhang Jianjun to take it to a commercial imaging center 800 meters away for an examination.

"Okay, I'll take her right away!" Zhang Jianjun was in a hurry.

"By the way, Brother Jianjun, has Mengjing bought medical insurance?" Zhou Qiao asked after thinking about it.

Because he estimated that the total cost of this operation is estimated to be around 100 million US dollars!even more!
If you have medical insurance, you can get a lot of wool from the federal medical insurance and insurance companies!Eighty-nine million dollars is at least profitable!

If you don’t have medical insurance, he’ll give you a favor and earn you $[-], all at a loss!
Oh, no, if you don’t have medical insurance, I suggest that the other party find a way to buy it immediately, go for it, and then perform the operation after it’s done!

Anyway, this disease will not kill me for a while. At most, I will suffer some torture, which will affect my work and life. In addition, there will be some complications, such as depression, facial sensory disturbance and so on.

Of course, some people will commit suicide after being depressed, but Zhou Qiao thinks that the girl Mengjing is very optimistic and lively, so it shouldn't be so fast.

Zhang Jianjun hurriedly said: "I bought it, I bought it. The first time I came to the United States, I helped her buy medical insurance. It was included with my insurance plan, and it was just adding a family."

Americans buy health insurance, usually on a family basis.In fact, China is also approaching this aspect now. There are already family mutual aid, balance sharing, or directly swiping your own card to register for family members.In the past, these were not compliant or impossible to do.

Zhang Jianjun has also stayed in the United States for many years, how could he not know the consequences of not having medical insurance!
In the past, he had a fellow countryman whose family was quite wealthy. He thought that the medical technology in the United States was good, so he came to the United States to have a major heart surgery without medical insurance.

As a result, the prepared 1000 million RMB actually cost more than 100 million RMB!More than 100 million over budget!
This is only to pay the hospital and doctor's bills, not including basic necessities here!

But that family was indeed rich, so they paid for it directly.

If it were done in China, it would cost a few 10 yuan at most!After deducting reimbursements from medical insurance and some critical illness insurance, it actually doesn’t cost much.

More than 1000 million were given to Americans for nothing!

Zhang Jianjun thought, his family didn't have that foundation, so he immediately helped his daughter to be included in the medical insurance system.

Zhang Jianjun cheered up on the surface, but in fact he took his daughter for an examination with anxiety in his heart. In the clinic, Zhou Qiao spent 60 medical mystery points in exchange for perfect-level trigeminal neuralgia-related knowledge and cholesteatoma surgery skills!
Because, these are two separate knowledge packages, each with 30 points!
The reason for the perfect level is because the difficulty is too challenging, and the master level is not necessarily safe!
In addition, this operation cannot be performed by Murphy.Only Zhou Qiao can play in person!
Usually, after carefully teaching Murphy step by step, Murphy can reach the level of entry-level expertise and can perform corresponding first- and second-level surgeries alone, as well as relatively simple third-level surgeries.

However, with Zhou Qiao's assistance, he could perform complex third-level surgeries and relatively ordinary fourth-level surgeries, but Murphy would not be able to perform complex fourth-level surgeries that were more difficult and risky!

This operation was no small matter, and the risks were too high for Murphy to bear.

As for Zhang Mengjing not having surgery with him, it doesn't matter. It's only 60 points.Now that he has discovered the treasure girl and cracked the correct way to open the twin girls, he has a lot of medical mysteries!

When the results came out, Zhou Qiao could clearly see on the computer that Zhang Mengjing's intracranial cholesteatoma was huge, surrounding the trigeminal nerve, facial nerve, auditory nerve, and glossopharyngeal nerve!

"Ah? Is it really a tumor?" On the side, Zhang Jianjun couldn't accept it for a moment!
His daughter was also very confused, feeling that the sky suddenly darkened, and she was a little at a loss.

However, Zhou Qiao zoomed in on the film and carefully explained it to the father and daughter. He talked in a very professional way, and they couldn't help but believe it!
Especially Zhang Jianjun, he believed it very much. After all, the inspection results came out!
Moreover, the man behind the Violent Queen has no reason to lie to him!

"Then... are you going to have surgery? Where will it be done?" Zhang Jianjun took a deep breath, immediately regained his composure, and asked decisively!

This is a habit I developed when I was a soldier. Now that it has become a fact, then accept it and never sloppy!
Zhou Qiao tapped the table with her fingers, and said in a deep voice: "The whole operation is actually very complicated, and the difficulty is quite high. It requires extremely precise operation and continuous patience to completely remove the tumor and keep the trigeminal nerve, facial nerve, auditory nerve and tongue intact. The structure and function of the pharyngeal nerve, a little carelessness can lead to serious consequences such as facial paralysis, deafness, and difficulty swallowing."

"Moreover, it requires the use of minimally invasive microscopy technology, combined with cranial nerve electrophysiological monitoring equipment, etc. Community hospitals may not have suitable equipment... If you can trust me, brother Jianjun, let me perform the surgery and we will go to the University of California Medical Center. Do it, the operating room and equipment over there are more advanced!"

In the past, Zhou Qiao’s aunt used to apply for a clinic at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, and received a subsidy of hundreds of thousands of dollars from there. It’s just that she hasn’t been there for a long time, and the boss has changed, so she needs to submit it again. information and activate the account.

The operating room in the Iris Clinic is only suitable for first-level surgeries, while community hospitals can perform second- and third-level intermediate surgeries, or relatively simple fourth-grade surgeries.And this kind of more complex fourth-level surgery requires more equipment support, it is better to go to the University of California Medical Center.

After all, this medical center has been ranked in the top ten in the United States for many years, sometimes even in the top five.

Zhang Jianjun said in a deep voice: "Doctor Zhou, of course I can trust you. I knew you were great when you stitched up Jacob's wound last time! However, I have to go back and discuss it with my wife first. After all, this is a major operation, and I need Time to raise money."

After a short pause, Zhang Jianjun asked again: "Doctor Zhou, can you estimate the price for me? It's so convenient for me to raise money in advance!"

Zhou Qiao nodded, and asked Zhang Jianjun about Zhang Mengjing's medical insurance configuration and coverage, then calculated carefully on the computer, and said: "The total cost is estimated to be 110 million US dollars, and the self-pay part is about 18 US dollars. .Of course, the final actual amount shall prevail!"

This is because everyone's medical insurance is different.

Like the Clark couple and the Westin couple, they are native Americans, and they pay high monthly insurance premiums. The types of insurance they configure are different, and they can also enjoy some benefits unique to native American residents, so their out-of-pocket expenses It costs less.

Even within the country, in the same province, in different cities; in the same county, with different groups of people, civil servants’ medical insurance, employee’s medical insurance, and urban and rural residents’ medical insurance have different reimbursement ratios!

Not to mention commercial supplementary insurance.

Zhang Jianjun nodded and took his daughter away with a heavy heart.

His wife was in the country, so he didn't come with him. It was night in the country, and he didn't want to wake her up in the middle of the night, so after he went back, he discussed it with Tang Yunxuan's boss first.

Tang Yunxuan's boss said: "I have a friend who works at the University of California Medical Center and is also a doctor. I sent Meng Jing's film and asked him to take a look and see how much the operation would cost there. It's not unbelievable. Doctor Zhou, but for such a big matter, it is normal to shop around."

He didn't dare to say bad things about Zhou Qiao behind his back, lest the news spread and he would be left with nothing to eat.Even in front of Zhang Jianjun.

Zhang Jianjun naturally said yes.Because Zhou Qiao's offer was 18 knives, how could he have so much money, he had to borrow [-] to [-] knives to make up enough!
If the boss has a relationship and the surgery is performed by experts from the University of California Medical Center, firstly, the technology seems to be more secure, and secondly, maybe it can be cheaper?

Unfortunately, he thought too much!
Leaving aside whether the quality of the operation is good or bad, the price is a full 70 more expensive!The part at your own expense is 12 more expensive!
The friend of Tang Yunxuan's boss sent a quotation about the next afternoon after receiving the film, saying that the total cost was about 180 million US dollars, and his own expense was about 30 US dollars!

Usually, you see a doctor first, and you don't know the amount until you receive the bill, but isn't there an acquaintance here?For such a major operation, it is reasonable to inquire about the price first.

Otherwise, if you look at it stupidly, the bill will make you bankrupt!

Let me go, Zhang Jianjun was instantly confused! I have to borrow 18 yuan, but where can I get 30 yuan?The University of California Medical Center is really dark, it actually costs 180 million!
Tang Yunxuan's boss thought: "How about we do it at Dr. Zhou's place? After all, Dr. Zhou has even done surgery for pancreatic cancer. When I called to ask, all the doctors at the University of California Medical Center knew about Iris." Clinic, it is okay to suggest that we do it at Dr. Zhou's place!"

Zhang Jianjun thought, sure enough, Doctor Zhou's level is even recognized by the University of California Medical Center!

In fact, the Iris Clinic often performs difficult operations and is a young doctor. Among so many clinics in San Francisco, it can be regarded as a standout.

It’s impossible not to be noticed by the big guys in the local medical circle!
In particular, Dr. Crawford, an expert in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery and oncology at the University of California Medical Center, often mentions the Iris Clinic and Zhou Qiao with his colleagues!

　I will definitely complete the monthly pass and the regular change this weekend!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)