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zindlerb 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The history of cataract surgery

Many surgeries have a yikes success rate but when you need to do it you need to do it unfortunately.

k__ 8 months ago [–]

True, but 95% success rate doesn't mean 1 in 20 people lost their eye or something dramatic.

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