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Underscores inherent surgical risks of morbidity and mortality; leaves open targeted strategies to minimize harm.
Surgical procedures have the inherent capacity to cause unintended harm to the patient if performed without due care. It is the very nature of the specialty which by its invasiveness carries the risk of causing major or minor morbidity and sometimes even mortality.
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