In a report published online in the Journal for Healthcare Quality, a Johns Hopkins investigative group found that of the 1 million or so robotic surgeries performed since 2000, only 245 complications -- including 71 deaths -- were reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Such a report of complications is mandatory when a medical complication occurs. The researchers were surprised at what they felt was a low complication number for a new and complex procedure. They cross-referenced the reports with public records and found several lawsuits involving the procedure that had not been reported to the database.
In one way this is an extremely curious scientific reasoning: The absence of something confirms it.
In one way this is an extremely curious scientific reasoning: The absence of something confirms it.
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