Are surgery statistics wrong

[GenericJaw]

1% infection rate seems bs. Half everyone I know who had jaw surgery or implants got an infection, it seems like surgery statistics down play the real risks.

[GJ]

I think so.

I know my complications, and the complications of people I'm friends with, were never formally reported anywhere.

[thedude]

Not sure where you got 1% from but I don’t think anyone is keeping that close of track. The field just doesn’t seem that organized to me. Sounds like a number a doctor made up to reassure you.

[kavan]

Statistical studies are relative to their SAMPLE SIZE. In general, the LARGER the sample size, the closer it gets to predicting the probabilities of the type of population the study is looking at.

If you really wanted to draw a conclusion from a statistical study, you would need to ferret out the exact study, look at the sample size and the type of population they used in the study. Statistical studies DON'T comprise the ENTIRE population of what ever type of group one is looking at, e.g. every patient that has had maxfax surgery.