Making the Cut Why choosing the right surgeon matters even more than you know

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https://www.propublica.org/article/surgery-risks-patient-safety-surgeon-matters?google_editors_picks=true

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In February 2012, LaVerne Stiles went to Citrus Memorial Hospital near her home in central Florida for what should have been a routine surgery.

The bubbly retired secretary had been in a minor car accident weeks earlier. She didn’t worry much about her sore neck until a scan detected a broken bone.

The operation she needed, a spinal fusion, is done tens of thousands of times a year without incident. Stiles, 71, had a choice of three specially trained surgeons at Citrus Memorial, which was rated among the top 100 nationally for spinal procedures.
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1. very true

And, just as with the police, there is a lot of protection of truly bad surgeons by other doctors. They turn the other way, don't want to know, etc.

If you can find a surgical nurse and ask their opinion.

I'm convinced my mother in law would not be alive today if she had not had a truly excellent surgeon (mainly because he moved heaven and earth to get her surgery in a timely manner, but also his tremendous skill.)