They may even be able to recommend another doctor. It is at Caduceus that Elena becomes friends with Leslie Newman, another nurse. Most doctors understand the value of a second opinion, and they are not offended when a patient wants one.
When Markus and Valerie are required by Caduceus to combat Stigma, Elena transfers as well, due to her experience with the disease. Markus performs the operation on Elena through the use of the Healing Touch.Įlena stays as the permanent nurse of Markus and Valerie once they return to Concordia Medical Institute in Los Angeles. Vaughn to operate on her again since he was the doctor who originally installed the unit. After the operation, she reveals herself to be a nurse and also explains that the reason she came all the way to Alaska is because the implant unit inside her pancreas is malfunctioning, and needs to be replaced. In 2028, Elena arrived at Montgomery Memorial Hospital while caring for a gunshot victim. Es la secuela de Trauma Center: Under the Knife y Trauma Center: Second Opinion, juegos en los que el jugador asume el papel de cirujano inexperto que. 6 Penetrating trauma (eg stab wound or gunshot wound)is rising in incidence and accounts for 70 of all traumatic pancreas injuries. The tumor in the pancreas often grows into adjacent vital blood. Surgical removal of these tumors offers a chance for cure, but it is estimated that only about 20 percent of patients can undergo this treatment. 2 The body of the pancreas is most commonly injured in blunt trauma. Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is one of the most devastating forms of pancreatic cancer with survival rates of only 5 percent at five years.
She was 13 years old at the time.Įlena got an International Nursing License and got a job at Concordia Medical Institute. The accelerationdeceleration nature of blunt trauma causes the pancreas to be crushed against the first and second lumbar vertebrae. The first game, 'Trauma Center: Under the Knife' (entitled 'Caduceus: Surgical Operation' in Japan) was released for the Nintendo DS in 2005 and quickly became a sleeper hit and instant cult classic among players all over the world. In 2021, the year that Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 occurred, an immunity suppressant pump unit was implanted in her pancreas by Markus to control her intractable pancreatic necrosis. Trauma Center is a cult hit videogame (now a videogame series, I suppose) designed by Atlus. She is Valerie and Markus's assistant, almost always the one who gives pointers during the operations. Elena Salazar is the tritagonist of Trauma Center: New Blood.