Comment by notShabu

Comment by notShabu 2 days ago

4 replies

The cost of this increased healing rate would be the tail risk of compounding injury though. It's not something a doctor could recommend even if it were true for everyone consistently.

ses1984 2 days ago

Surgery has very well documented known risks and doctors recommend surgery.

Also surgery has outcomes that are barely better than non surgical interventions, sometimes, and they still recommend surgery.

lennxa 2 days ago

if it were true for everyone consistently (faster better healing), where does the tail risk come from?

  • adrianN 13 hours ago

    Even if the outcome distribution is the same for everyone and the expected outcome is better healing, you can increase the risk of much worse outcomes if the distribution has the right shape.