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Originally Posted by fotze2
I think there is always some grey in medical especially knees and backs. Like "you will need this surgery at some point in your life but it doesn't have to be right now if the pain is manageable". Sometimes outcomes aren't 100% guaranteed and could make things worse. My kids buddy had a broken collar bone and they had to choose between surgery or not and it was a 50/50 type decision. And his dad is a doctor and wasn't sure.
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Sure, but no one would say surgery is unnecessary in that case. There are different treatment options, surgery may not always be the best choice.
But calling a surgery unnecessary is a little different. What kind of doctor performs unnecessary surgery? If the argument is that it could have been delayed until after the season, that would be tough to prove. Who gets to decide if pain is manageable? Unless the player was adamant he didn’t want it but the club insisted on it.
It seems all kind of weird to me.