POET 4.04 | Measuring the risk of surgery

What is a 'micromort'? Even more of a worry, what does ten of them mean? How do we measure and communicate risk to patients? Everyday activities all carry inherent risks, how do we put surgery into a context 'everyday people' can more easily understand? Professor Monty Mythen presents with guests, Professor Sol Aronson, a tenured professor at Duke University and Executive Vice Chairman in the Department of Anesthesiology, and Dr Mike Irwin, Professor and Head, Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Hong Kong. Join in the debate: [email protected] Taken from a longer conversation to be found here: http://www.topmedtalk.com/ebpom-2017-pod-two-live-from-london/