Chapter 42 · Spinal Cord (1)

The on-call phone in the neurosurgery department office rang.

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Yeom Dong-gu answered the phone.

“Yes, this is Yeom Dong-gu in neurosurgery.”

The composure disappeared from his face after hearing the report over the receiver.

“It’s an emergency patient! A thirty-two-year-old male came in as a TA. They say there’s severe deformity in the L-spine area and he’s in a state of lower body paralysis…… It’s total chaos.”

Choi Moo-gyeol rose from his seat.

“Lower body paralysis?”

TA means traffic accident. It refers to a car accident.

A traffic accident patient injured his lumbar spine and became paralyzed in the lower body.

Injuring the spine is a problem, but if the spinal cord is also damaged, it is a truly serious problem.

Choi Moo-gyeol said while putting on his gown.

“Let’s go down.”

“It’s the spinal area—are you going to examine him yourself, Dr. Choi?”

“Neurosurgery is not a department…