This wasn't the first time Liu Banxia had misdiagnosed a patient, yet every such instance had been sensational.
As he said, sometimes illnesses aren't as frightening as they seem. Once detected, they can be treated with modern medical procedures.
Narcolepsy itself is truly incurable. However, if the condition was actually a misdiagnosed Chiari malformation, then once the diagnosis is corrected, current medical procedures can address the underlying issue.
The patient's deformity wasn't particularly severe; it only had such a significant impact because he was still in his developmental stage.
The treatment plan devised after the consultation was to expand the posterior cranial fossa to relieve pressure. It was this excessive pressure that had led to symptoms of hypersomnia and high blood pressure.
Although the surgery sounded terrifying, for Director Xiao Zhaoqiu of Neurosurgery, it wasn't much of a challenge.
