Masterful Miracle Doctor

Chapter 974 - 938: Thunderous Applause

"Does anyone recognize who he is?"Lin Jie pointed to a promotional poster of a muscular white man on the projection screen and asked.

Before he could finish his sentence, several people shouted, "An American football player, that one..."

"Adam Thielen."

Lin Jie nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, he is the American football star of the Minnesota Vikings, wide receiver Adam Thielen. It seems there are quite a few fans of American football here too."

"Since some of you recognize him, you must also know that in October last year, he secretly underwent brain tumor surgery."

He corrected himself, "Now, it's become an open secret."

"That's right, I performed that surgery."

"So, you might ask, with so many famous doctors in the United States, why did this sports star travel all the way to China for surgery?"

Saying this, Lin Jie pulled up several brain CT images from his laptop and displayed them on the projection screen.

"This is Adam Thielen's brain tumor."

"From the CT images, we can see that the tumor isn't very large, the edges are smooth, and its location isn't too deep, so the surgery doesn't seem very difficult."

After letting the audience discuss for a while, Lin Jie slowly said, "Adam Thielen had only one requirement for the surgery, which was that there should be no postoperative sequelae affecting his athletic abilities."

"For him, football is everything. If he can't play football again, life would be worse than death."

Upon hearing this requirement, the audience's discussion suddenly quieted down significantly.

They all knew very well that it's not easy to perform brain tumor removal surgery without any sequelae.

Lin Jie pointed again to certain highlighted areas on the CT images of the brain cortex, introducing, "Please pay attention to whether these cortical gyri appear slightly different from what we usually see?"

After giving the audience two minutes to observe, Lin Jie spoke up, "We all know American football involves intense physical contact."

"As a wide receiver, Thielen often gets tackled during high-speed movements."

"Years of such activity have caused Thielen's brain structure to have slight differences compared to the average person."

"Simply put, Thielen's brain functional areas have shifted somewhat from their usual locations."

"This means that although we know the exact location of the tumor, traditional surgical routes can't be used, requiring a new, safe surgical route to be mapped out."

Lin Jie said gravely, "This is also why Thielen sought me out."

"The doctors he consulted in America were unable to find a perfectly safe surgical route due to the relative chaos in the locations of his brain's functional areas, and couldn't meet his demand for no sequelae from the surgery."

"In our country, there's an old saying, 'A millimeter off leads to a thousand miles of error,' which is absolutely applicable in brain surgery."

At this point, Lin Jie pulled up another image from his computer and displayed it on the screen.

This was an image that could terrify people with trypophobia, a dense three-dimensional spherical network of red lines of varying thicknesses.

Lin Jie directly introduced, "Many of you might have already seen that this is our brain's vascular system."

He looked at the audience and reminded them, "Seeing this image, along with what I just said, doesn't it lead you to think of something?"

Immediately, a forty-something white man sitting in the front row stood up and exclaimed excitedly, "You mean... you mean using the brain's blood vessels to locate?"

Lin Jie chuckled and said, "Yes, exactly, using blood vessels for navigation."

"Various parts of the brain can shift due to different reasons such as intense impact, edema, or tumor compression, but correspondingly, the blood vessels also move."

"However, the relative positions of the tiny blood vessels and brain tissue don't change..."

Upon hearing this, Goebbels felt as if he had pierced a thin veil, suddenly seeing a whole new world.

Simultaneously, he felt a strong sense of frustration.

This method isn't particularly profound, so why hadn't he thought of it?

Goebbels couldn't help but glance around at the others.

He noticed that many had expressions of regret, shock at the epiphany, or a sense of loss at the revelation, akin to their childhood wonder at a magic show, only to feel deflated upon learning the tricks.

Goebbels calmed his turbulent emotions and glanced again at the eloquent Lin Jie.

Being able to discover what so many overlook is true skill.

Admirably, Goebbels suddenly realized why he had ignored using blood vessels to locate cerebral clots.

The human body has about five liters of blood, with the brain weighing only two percent of the total body weight.

Yet, the brain consumes twenty-five percent of the body's oxygen, with blood flow accounting for fifteen percent of cardiac output, with two thousand liters passing through the brain each day.

This makes the vascular system of the human brain extremely rich and complex.

Remembering the major arteries and veins of the brain is no problem for Goebbels.

He could manage to recall the secondary vessels as well.

But when it comes to the secondary level of blood vessels, even if his life depended on it, he couldn't remember them.

And to accurately locate a clot or tumor in the brain, you must remember the secondary, or even finer, brain vessels.

Because the smaller the vessel, the more flexible it is, and the less inertia it has, it is more likely to move with the surrounding brain tissue.

People instinctively place these impossible-to-remember, complex micro brain vessels in their cognitive blind spots, and therefore don't think about their functions.

Perhaps only Lin Jie, with his astonishing image memory, would think of the function of these micro brain vessels.

Thinking this way, Goebbels felt even more at peace.

His bit of frustration completely vanished.

He lamented that this method could only be thought of by Lin Jie, only Lin Jie.

Goebbels thought of the Lin Jie Treatment Device, this method of using brain vessel mapping is a perfect match.

The complex brain vessel system can't be remembered by the human brain, but it can be by computers.

A simple cerebral angiogram, allowing a computer to analyze the brain vessels from thick to fine, can accurately locate the patient's clot.

This method is much simpler than drilling holes in the brain for electrode stimulation location, greatly reducing the skill level required of doctors...

In the following time, Lin Jie mainly talked about some functions of brain vessel mapping, such as investigating certain cranial diseases, and so on.

Lin Jie left more time for the doctors, teachers, and students who came to listen to the report to answer their questions.

Faced with medical problems from various fields, Lin Jie's profound knowledge base was thoroughly demonstrated, and every question from the audience was answered well.

Moreover, as the Q&A deepened, the five or six hundred people present changed their attitude toward Lin Jie significantly.

At first, many people had doubts, believing that Lin Jie's achievements were merely the result of taking shortcuts and luck.

But as Lin Jie smoothly answered each challenging or inquisitive question, everyone in the auditorium turned into students, respectfully seeking his guidance.

Time flew by in such exchanges.

As it was nearing 5:30 PM, with a dry mouth after answering a question, Lin Jie took a sip of water and considered ending the presentation.

Yuan Puzhen suddenly walked up to him and whispered, "Expert Lin, please check your email, someone just sent you an email."

What's so urgent that they have to send an email now?

Feeling curious, Lin Jie opened his email and found a new message.

Seeing the email content, Lin Jie was stunned and covered the microphone, asking softly, "Doctor Yuan, is this true?"

Yuan Puzhen nodded and said seriously, "Expert Lin, you must believe in the strength of our nation."

"Naturally, such a minor detail couldn't be wrong. As for what to do next, you have to decide on your own."

Lin Jie chuckled, saying, "If I can take revenge on the spot, there's no point waiting overnight."

He glanced up and saw that Park Haikyu was still there, released the microphone, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, at the beginning of the presentation, Doctor Park Haikyu questioned me on something."

"Coincidentally, my colleagues have discovered something interesting that I hope Doctor Park Haikyu can also explain."

Saying this, Lin Jie opened the email attachment and displayed a few images on the screen one by one.

"These are two medical papers published by Doctor Park Haikyu in a journal of a certain university in his country."

"We are looking at the Korean and English versions of these two papers."

Lin Jie then displayed a few more images, explaining, "My colleagues inform me that these two papers are from internal medical research materials of Heidelberg University's Medical College, not meant for external publication."

"Please note the content comparison between the two papers still shows differences in the listed authors..."

Goebbels quickly scanned the images and was shocked to find that the contents of the university journal's medical papers had at least seventy to eighty percent similarity with the internal research materials.

Yet, the author names were different.

He immediately understood: this was plagiarism.

Goebbels couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile.

Young Lin Jie, holding grudges, directly chose to expose this matter publicly.

He turned and searched for Doctor Park Haikyu.

After looking around twice, he couldn't find any trace of him.

Goebbels realized that the man had either left earlier or, having seen the content, slipped away at the first sign of trouble.

Just then, Heinrich walked up to the podium and warmly embraced Lin Jie.

At the same time, a sparse applause started in the auditorium.

With this lead, almost everyone in the auditorium rose to their feet.

They applauded enthusiastically!

The applause was like a tide, like thunder, with some even whistling and shouting to express their gratitude and admiration for Lin Jie...