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Originally Posted by blankall
When doctors recommend surgery, they are professionals assessing risk. There's always some risk, with a major surgery, of death. A patient could have an adverse reaction to pain killers or anesthesia or contract and infection. Then there's a probability the surgery makes things worse. Surgery could also do nothing. Ideally it makes things better.
The doctor weighs those risks against the benefits, recovery time, lifestyle improvements/needs, etc..
But this is not a minor surgery. They're going to shave down the head of his femur and drill a hole into it so they can insert a metal cap on the end.
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I had a minor procedure years ago to remove a lump in my chest. Yes I tell people I had a boob job.
Anyway, in the pre-surgery meeting the doc was kind of breezing through the discussion about risk, clearly not taking it seriously. He asked what I did. When I said lawyer, you could see him physically flinch, take a deep sigh, and then talk exhaustively about the risk. I chuckled. Unfortunately, things go wrong in surgeries all the time. After seeing how invasive the surgery was I don't blame anyone for putting it off as long as they can. When they say re-surfacing or whatever, I had a mental image of them sandpapering the area to make it smoother.
Nope, as Blankall states above it is more like putting a crown on your tooth. Except it is in the middle of your body. Crazy.