> The default should be to not get surgery unless it has a clearly better expected outcome, whereas the orthopedist seemed to default to surgery for any injury

> The default should be to not get surgery unless it has a clearly better expected outcome, whereas the orthopedist seemed to default to surgery for any injury i'm not a doctor, but that makes sense to me. i sometimes hear that medicine has entered the "post antibiotic" era. i can't help but wonder: are surgeons about to take a big financial hit because of that?