>> 0.3% mortality sounds like a lot to me.
>> So 1 in 300 who go for a hip replacement come out in a wooden
>> overcoat ?
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>> That’s just put me right off. Especially in a private hospital, albeit with the surgeon
>> who would have done it on the NHS.
Sounds pretty good to me. I thought it would be worse. The average will include lots of really quite elderly and relatively frail people with all sorts of co-morbidities.
If it were possible to get odds for a male otherwise in yomping condition? like yourself I think they would be quite a bit better.
Consider also - for all males between 65-74, the annual death risk from all causes is nearer 1 in 50. And probably worse for the ones who don't/can't exercise.
A successful hip-op might actually extend your life, not shorten it.
I also recall being told that the fatality risk for an angiogram was actually about 1 in 400. I applied similar reasoning - the average patient having an angiogram is probably not in a great place to start with (I survived BTW).
Hope that helps:)
Last edited by: Manatee on Thu 21 Jul 22 at 17:50
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