This is part 8 in “What You Need to Know About Surgery”
In series, we’ll share how to determine if your surgery is right for you, how to ask the right questions, and what you can do to prepare and recover optimally.
Four different surgeons told Jared Lichtin he needed back surgery. But he'd met other patients at his physical therapy appointments who regretted getting back surgery and felt they were even worse off.
Mr. Lichtin thought it might better to avoid any sort of operation. He resisted surgeons’ pushing the procedure, believing they were doing what they’d been taught to do: “sell” him on surgery.
