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> outcomes for surgery are pretty damn good I would say that "good" is relative to what can be reasonably expected. If most surgeons fit that description, then
by hackuser 11y ago
> outcomes for surgery are pretty damn good
I would say that "good" is relative to what can be reasonably expected. If most surgeons fit that description, then we may not have an independent way to establish our expectations. That is, maybe we think it's "good" because we don't know better.
Hospital error is a leading cause of death in the U.S., though I don't know how much of that is due to surgery.
- ngoede 11y agoThe only source for that I have seen assumed that if the optimal treatment was chosen that the outcome would always be positive which I suspect is not super accurate. I wish I remembered where that source was. Do you have one? Would love to look at it again.