"You need to contact your family members. We suspect the main cause of your abdominal pain is inflammation caused by the omentum," Liu Banxia said to the patient.
"In this situation, we can only perform an exploratory laparotomy. If confirmed, immediate treatment is needed. Considering your current condition, it's possible that necrosis has already occurred, and we'll need to remove a portion."
Although the patient was still in much pain, Liu Banxia's words frightened him.
First, they told him his appendix was the problem, then his gallbladder. Now, it was his omentum—something he had never even heard of.
"Don't worry; the surgery will be simple," Liu Banxia reassured him.
"Doctor, I'll call my family and discuss it. I don't even know what the omentum does," the patient replied, clutching his abdomen.
"That's my oversight. The omentum is a special ligamentous tissue extending from the peritoneal tissue of the stomach," Liu Banxia explained with a smile.
