This is part 5 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.
Your surgery is considered a success by most surgeons and hospitals if you wake up and leave the hospital without major complications.
This crude barometer is the standard from the system’s perspective, and it needs an overhaul, according to a 2020 review article in Anaesthesia, the journal of the Association of Anaesthetists.
