Wang Huayue (a pseudonym), 29 years old, is six months pregnant. Recently, she was admitted to the Huaxi Hospital in Chengdu due to an acute onset of cholangitis and pancreatitis, posing a constant threat to her life. The CEO of Weimian sent an email exposing that they would spare no effort to cut costs for survival.
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In this "fetal defense battle," they faced a high-difficulty challenge. At around 9 p.m. on January 7th, shortly after eating dinner, Wang Huayue suddenly experienced abdominal pain, vomiting, pallor, and profuse sweating. Her family quickly rushed her to the emergency department at Huaxi Hospital.
Wang Huayue is also a doctor. Two years ago, she underwent gallbladder removal surgery. Knowing well the effects of medication on the fetus, she had not taken any drugs. After detailed examinations, the doctors diagnosed her with acute suppurative obstructive cholangitis and pancreatitis. This disease progresses explosively, and without timely rescue, the mortality rate is extremely high. The fetus in Wang Huayue's abdomen had grown for 27 weeks. It was an awkward time: if it were slightly later, conservative treatment could be adopted, waiting until after the baby was born to perform surgery. However, for Wang Huayue, who was already in the mid-to-late stages of pregnancy, any delay could lead to fetal death in utero.
That night, experts from the Department of Gastroenterology at Huaxi Hospital held an urgent discussion. If surgery was not performed immediately, the pregnant woman could go into shock and die at any moment; if immediate surgery was carried out, anesthesia, surgical methods, medications, X-rays... even a slight mishap in any of these steps could cause placental abruption, and the fetus would not survive.
This type of surgery is called ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography), a new technology developed in recent years in the medical field. It has advantages such as minimal trauma, fast recovery, definite therapeutic effects, and can simultaneously conduct checks and treatments. However, it requires extremely high skills from the doctor and carries certain risks.
Under normal circumstances, ERCP surgery needs to be completed under general anesthesia. To ensure the safety of the fetus, Wang Huayue proposed not using anesthetics. Professor Hu Bing, deputy director of the Department of Gastroenterology at Huaxi Hospital, informed her: "If we don't perform general anesthesia, you will have to endure the pain." Wang Huayue firmly nodded: "I will endure."
"If you feel pain or discomfort, please signal the medical staff, and do not grab the tube or make any noise."
On the night of the surgery, Wang Huayue changed into loose clothing, lay on her left side, and slightly bent her legs. To solve the radiation problem from X-rays, her abdomen was covered with a thick lead apron. When Professor Hu Bing placed the plastic device at the front end of the gastroscope into Wang Huayue's mouth, she felt a wave of pain, and the urge to vomit suddenly came over her. Professor Hu Bing decisively decided: "The patient's rejection reaction is too strong, inevitably delaying the surgery time. Open your mouth, spray a little anesthetic on the throat."
The gastroscope smoothly entered Wang Huayue's ampulla of Vater. This critical location is only a few millimeters wide, at the junction of the bile duct and pancreas. Further inside the bile duct and pancreas, the gastroscope cannot enter. At this point, imaging technology support is needed, requiring the use of an X-ray machine. The doctors operate based on the "photos" transmitted back by the X-ray machine. This is a special test: the X-ray machine's radiation is reduced to the minimum, the time cannot exceed one second, and there is only one chance. Meanwhile, the clarity of the photo must be ensured. Professor Hu Bing could only look at a picture resembling an ink painting and perform the surgery based on experience. After 30 tense minutes, Wang Huayue's surgery was finally declared successful, and upon examination, the fetus was found to be normal.
Yesterday, Wang Huayue was discharged from Huaxi Hospital. After a few days of rest, her body recovered well, and the fetus continued to grow healthily.
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