Advances in medical technology have played a role here as well ; transforming within the span of a generation a surgery that once required 7-10 days of hospital care , to an “ in by 2:00pm , out by 4:00pm ” outpatient experience .
And since many ( enhanced ) medical insurance plans cover many types of surgery – all it needs is a doctor ’ s okay – it ’ s not uncommon to come across people who have had a litany of surgeries over the past few years . They might even know the surgeons by name , and have a favorite parking spot at the hospital .
Snoring and Surgery Is Often a Bad Combo
It is in light of all this is that we look at snoring , and at surgery . In a nutshell : the two don ’ t mix ; and this is a bit of a problem to people who are persuaded by medical doctors ( or by surgery-addicted colleagues , friends , and relatives ) to go under the knife to get rid of that “ pesky snoring problem ”. These people may be well intentioned , but they don ’ t have all of the facts .
One of the things that they probably don ’ t ( yet ) know – again , not deliberately – is that surgery is not an exact science . It may look that way , especially when one sees the army of hi-tech equipment that clogs many operating rooms and makes one think that they ’ re at NASA Mission Control instead of a local hospital .
Surgery Is Exploratory !
However – and even surgeons will readily admit this ( or their insurance companies will if they won ’ t ) – surgery is , always has been , and always will be , somewhat exploratory .
True , some surgeries are better known and more ordinary than others , and the chance of a successful outcome for , say , a quick knee surgery might be radically more predictable than a kidney transplant . But the bottom line is that both of these procedures are surgical , which means that they both have risks .
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