Surgeons should provide patients with a clear breakdown of complication probabilities specific to their own practice.

“when a surgeon can't give you a clear breakdown of what the complications are and what the probabilities are of those complication PA especially in their hands it's one thing to quote the literature but I want to know what is your risk of wound infection here what's the probability how many times do your patients get wound infections how many times do your patients require reoperation how many times do your patients uh you know still find themselves in pain a year out”

“when a surgeon can't give you a clear breakdown of what the complications are and what the probabilities are of those complications especially in their hands it's one thing to quote the literature but I want to know what is your risk of wound infection right here what's the probability how many times do your patients get wound infections right how many times do your patients require reoperation how many times do your patients uh you know still find themselves in pain a year out all those little things and then the other question is what will we do if so if I'm still in pain in six months right what what does your intuition tell you is going on and how will we work that up”