Saturday, April 27, 2024
HomeDiscoverMedical Myths and RumoursThe Surgeon’s Skills Rumour

The Surgeon’s Skills Rumour

Rumour: A surgeon who performs the same operation 20 times in a row is no better at that surgery than one who performs that same operation 40 times with other types of surgeries in between.

Truth: This is false. Surgeon specialization (the rate at which a surgeon performs a single type of surgery back-to-back) is very important and can even predict the rate of patient mortality following a surgery. Read more about the risk of death in relation to surgeon specialization here.

Previous article
Next article
RELATED ARTICLES

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Latest News and Articles

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTERS

Stay Connected
10,288FansLike
820FollowersFollow
249FollowersFollow
2,787FollowersFollow

Article of the month

Augmented Reality to Augment Physical Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease

A hallmark of advancing Parkinson’s disease is a distinctive shuffling walk. Dual-task training is an effective but costly physical therapy that helps people with...

Joke Of The Day – April 27

-Is it true that one minute of laughing increases the lifespan by 5 minutes? -It depends who you are laughing at. Sometimes it may decrease...

RECENT COMMENTS

ADVERTISE WITH US

error: Content is read-only and copy-protected.