They don’t call it ‘practicing’ medicine for nothing. It is as much an art as a science and every patient has different results.
Ben Carson has been involved in thousands of surgeries and some of the ‘cases’ where against other members of his surgical team.
Most people believe that if they are not 100% or not ‘cured’that the surgery failed and the doctor must have done something wrong. In most instances people have a much more developed belief in medical science than they should.
Regardless of the skill and attention of the surgeon, patients die. Very sick patients often die. We all die some day and doctors can’t change that fact.
Tell me about it! A month ago I had cataract surgery on one eye, and I was told it has one of the highest rates of success. So they wheel me in the surgery room, sufficiently medicated feeling no pain, yet I had sweaty palms and white knuckles.