I was far more afraid of surgery.
Since medicine was far more important than surgery in Chinese history, diagnosis was of considerable significance.
As Atul Gawande shares in his enlightening book, The Checklist Manifesto, when surgical team members introduce themselves, by name, to one another, they are far more communicative during surgery -- and ultimately successful -- than when they operate without formal introductions.
13 An obvious parallel conclusion to be drawn here is that medicine is far more complex than surgery.
The problem is far more complex in cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) since cardiac surgery per se induces an increase in postoperative cTnI, even in the absence of postoperative cardiac complications [ 6- 8].
After all, some hundred thousand people die each year from complications of surgery — far more than die in car crashes.
The best results, Zeitels learned, came from the far more difficult "cold instrument" surgery, of the type he had perfected as a cancer surgeon.
Kidney cancer patients are also far more likely to have surgery if diagnosed by their GP (70%) than in an emergency (30%).
A C-section under the most leisurely of circumstances, as for a stubborn breech baby, is far more unpleasant than the surgery's widespread popularity among celebrities and upper-class Brazilians would suggest, but rather than feeling hot outrage at her ordeal, Cassidy chose cool-headed inspiration.
Very often they also spread to the important blood or lymphatic vessels and nerves that run close to the pancreas, making surgery far more difficult.
