On 16Apr2024 0050, Timothy Collinson - timothy.collinson at port.ac.uk
(via tml list) wrote:

> One question I asked the anaesthetist - the rather lovely Hermione - out
> of idle curiosity as I had no idea of an even ball park figure, was how
> many times in say a year they lose some one on the operating table.  She
> said it was rare and that it hadn't happened to her in her career.   Now
> perhaps she was being encouraging, just an hour before she put me under
> (and it was), but I was surprised it wasn't more.  Although she did add
> that they discourage those who are unlikely to survive from having the
> operation.

Before my CABG, that was part of the risks disclosure they do as part of
making sure they have the patient's informed content before they
operate. Apparently the general risk of death for bypass operations is
around 1-2%, depending on the patient's age, health, etc., which sounds
fine when you're reading about it as an academic exercise, but is not
nearly so comforting when it's you about to go into the theatre, and you
know just how often 99-100 turns up on a d100.

--
Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>