Complications it a great read! I love how Atul Gawande puts the book together. Instead of one long look and explanation on surgery, he tells little stories of surgical errors or accomplishment to display his point. It makes the book very easy to read and understand, while giving a deep and complicated point. In one part of the book, he is writing about the theme that there are always uncertainties in surgery, and tells a amazing story:
The women came in with a red leg, swollen and irritated. They narrowed down the cause to one of two things, a normal bacteria, and a flesh eating bacteria (2% chance). Just to make sure they cut open her leg, and found that the muscle was grey and mushy from being attacked by bacteria.
This shows how even the simplest looking injury/infection can prove to be extremely dangerous.
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