All surgery carries risk for patients. However, the modern practice of medicine has developed to reduce risk. Some risks of surgery are preventable. These preventable risks can result in permanent injury or even death.
Mistakes made by doctors or nurses in the operating room can have long-lasting and profound effects on patients.
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When surgeons are careless, they can cause damage to organs in or near the operative field. Bowel and bladder damage are particularly common in abdominal surgery.
Anaesthesia is involved in most major procedures, whether general, local, spinal or epidural. Anaesthesia can carry with it significant risk, particularly when the doctor administering the anaesthetic is careless. Anaesthesia errors can cause permanent nerve and brain damage, or in rare cases, death.
Most surgeons get paid by the operation. This can create an incentive for doctors to recommend surgery rather than more conservative, nonsurgical alternatives.