• Question: What is the most dangerous medical surgery and why is it so dangerous?

    Asked by flissboo to Kate, Claire on 25 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Kate Husband

      Kate Husband answered on 25 Jun 2013:

      I don’t know much about medicine – try asking this question in the Cells or Blood zone. I will say that how dangerous surgery is depends on the person. An obese person has a much higher risk in surgery than a normal weight person.

    • Photo: Claire Lee

      Claire Lee answered on 25 Jun 2013:

      I agree with Kate, each person is different so what may be dangerous for one person could be less dangerous for another. But perhaps I’m wrong and someone from the medical field could correct me.

      Also I think brain surgeries can be quite dangerous, and any surgery that takes a long time, where the surgeons get tired, are always going to have increased risk. My brother and cousin both had brain tumours removed and their surgeries were something like 18 hours each! That’s a LONG time for anybody to be concentrating on one job, let alone brain surgery!

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