What would happen if your surgeon just left in the middle of surgery?

Say you’re having major surgery, like installing some new ribs, and half way through the surgery, while your chest is wide open, the surgeon just leaves. Like he just decides to go home and leave you there.

Eventually you’ll wake up, right? You’ll wake up with your chest open, probably in a lot of pain.

Would you die? If you manage to stay calm and just lie there patiently, how long could you survive? Besides something like an infection, what would be the things that could kill you in that situation?

Atiran,

You know, there are actually a lot of lousy surgeons out there. Usually not at major hospitals, but at very small, rural, or poor hospitals. These hospitals struggle to attract talent, and these surgeons have usually left better positions in disgrace. It’s a match made in hell.

Thavron,
@Thavron@lemmy.ca avatar

Everyone here saying that there would be someone else to stitch you up, I think what OP meant was more of a “everyone in the room vanishes and you’re left alone” type of question.

agressivelyPassive,

Yep.

And the result would be varying very much depending on the surgery.

Open heart surgery? You’re done.

Knee surgery? A good amount of pain, but maybe fine.

nieceandtows,

‘Fine’ is a stretch. I don’t think I can sew myself good enough to prevent infection and gangrene.

I_Has_A_Hat,

Assuming all the power and filtration systems stay on, you’d actually be in a pretty sterile environment. If you did your best and put a lot of clean bandages on it, I feel like you have a good chance of avoiding infection.

Apytele, (edited )

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quixotic120,

I would imagine there is a contingency plan for if the surgeon becomes incapacitated, eg has an aneurysm/heart attack, so they’d probably do whatever that is

Probably something like palliative care until an on call surgeon can come in and finish out whatever was going on

SilentStorms,
@SilentStorms@lemmy.fmhy.ml avatar

There would be some other doctor in the hospital that would sew you back up, that surgeon would go to jail for a while, you’d be on the news, win massive lawsuit.

Kalkaline,
@Kalkaline@lemmy.one avatar

There would be a resident that could close you up, but maybe skip the discount surgeon with his degree from Hollywood Upstairs Medical School.

TrenchcoatFullofBats,

The knee bone’s connected to the … something. The something’s connected to the … red thing. The red thing’s connected to my … wristwatch. Uh-oh

JavaTea,
@JavaTea@feddit.nl avatar

Google and YouTube are your friend lol

TrenchcoatFullofBats,

They certainly are! Meet Dr. Nick Riviera, who received his medical degree from the Hollywood Upstairs Medical College:

youtu.be/vo2v1CBooSA

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