Originally posted by: dethman
as a physician, i can tell you it's not fvcked up at all. when considering any procedure, we have to examine the risk/benefit ratio. trying to save an obviously mangled extremity carries with it multiple risks including prolonged healing, bleeding, infection, sepsis, multiple surgeries, or significant financial burden to the patient. the probability of saving it of course depends on the severity of injury. those are the risks.
the BENEFIT can depend on which hand is injured. if it's the dominant hand, certainly more effort will be put into saving it, and more risk will be taken, even if the possibility of saving a limb is only 1-5% because loss of a dominant hand results in major morbidity for a patient and prolonged recovery and recuperation. a physician can certainly deem that the benefit of saving a dominant hand may outweigh the risk. but the risk of saving a nondominant hand may not outweigh the risk.
amputation is a much safer procedure, but not to be taken lightly, and rest assured that we (at least the majority of physicians) do not take the procedure as routine and certainly put as much effort into saving a limb as possible.
but if i recall, you were the same idiot who posted about the $300 purse vs video card so i assume you will not read this post at all anyway and resume your regular inane banter about the merits of physicians.