First, they opened the intestines and removed part of the tumor for a quick pathology. Before the pathology results came back, the operating surgeons studied the tumors inside the child's abdominal cavity, first using visual observation, and then making an initial assessment based on their past clinical experience.
"It feels very smooth," Shi Xu's hand reached in after the Chief Surgeon to also feel the tumors.
"But there are many of them?" Liu Chengran looked through the surgical magnifying glasses, seeing numerous tumor-like structures inside, too many to count.
"Not necessarily tumors," Shi Xu felt along the patient's small intestine and did not feel like it was a string of tumor masses.
Sometimes in surgery, the hands of the doctor could be more accurate than the eyes.
Tan Kelin was also feeling around, checking the lymph nodes around the child's intestinal tract for any problems.
The quick pathology results came back as benign.
