The new study, which included researchers from the University of Toronto, analyzed insurance claims from 2004 through 2012 for 155,297 adults undergoing four common outpatient surgeries — carpal tunnel repair,
laparoscopic gall bladder removal, some minimally invasive knee surgeries, and hernia repair.
In fact, it's resonated for me for at least 28 years, going back to a bit of hubris I demonstrated as a medical student watching a distinguished Harvard surgeon perform surgery to remove a patient's
gall bladder (back before
laparoscopic surgery and keyhole incisions became the norm).