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"SJ Doc" <SJ_Doc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On 24 Sep 2005 14:04:03 -0500, "Howard McCollister" wrote:
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>>This patient will still need to be admitted, his care supervised by
>>an attending physician. It won't be free, or even cheaper. Certainly
>>not in the sense that you can get a cheap haircut at a barber college.
>
> Where the hell have you been for the past dozen years and more?
> An uncomplicated inguinal herniorrhaphy is performed on an out-
> patient basis rather more often than not nowadays. The cutters
> practically slap the patient awake in the recovery room and make
> him jog down the corridor to get dressed.
>
Where have YOU been? Patients don't just walk into the surgery area, take a
number, and wait to have their hernia fixed. But by all means, I'd be very
interested to have you explain to me all the ins and outs of how surgery is
performed for inguinal hernia - or anything else where you believe your
experience exceeds mine.
> You're right that having the surgery performed while on a teaching
> service won't be free, but what makes you think that it will be less
> expensive if it's performed by a surgeon in private practice in the
> same city or surroundings?
>
I didn't say that. Did I?
HMc
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