Submitted by MeronDC t3_115zpvb in Futurology
cmcewen t1_j9dft2y wrote
Reply to comment by jazzageguy in Which medical specialties are future proof? by MeronDC
No offense taken. I spend half my day talking people out of surgery
I suspect There will always be surgery. Some problems are simply a mechanical problem that can’t be fixed any other way. How can a hernia be fixed without surgery? It’s a structural issue. How can dead bowel be fixed without removing it?
Surgery will always be a component, but you’re right that it’ll always be changing. And we already do much less surgery on people than we used to and we use minimally invasive techniques.
jazzageguy t1_j9dgina wrote
I didn't say NO surgery. Do we really do less than before? I hadn't known that.
cmcewen t1_j9dgsw1 wrote
I don’t have any stats to back that up.
jazzageguy t1_j9dgxdk wrote
It's ok, I'm happy to stipulate it
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