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First off I just want to say I didn't know any one could write about complicated surgeries in such an accesible and engaging way, eventhough I had to go over the surgery parts more than once sometimes to kind of follow what was going on it still was pretty interesting and worth it. I did feel like too much sometime because there were so many details and I had to take breaks but I was able to pick up where I left off when I picked it up again so it all was good!
Stephen Westaby is one of the top cardiac surgeons from the UK and he wrote this book near the end of his 35 year long career in cardiac surgery. He did a lot of complicated sometimes somewhat newer surgeries during his career and he decided that it would be a pity not to document atleast some of them. This book is about the stories of his patients some happy, some sad and some truly fascinating. There was a story of a woman with locked-in syndrome, who basically was locked out of the world because she could only see and hear things around her but not respond to anythkng due to severe paralysis. Another story of a man in his sixties who became pulse-less when an artificial heart outside his body was connected to him. Because surgeons are often seen as these detached beings another thing that I really loved about the book was that you could feel his empathy towards his patients.
Recommended to medical students or anyone who likes to read medical memoirs or is generally interested in medical related books!
Stephen Westaby is one of the top cardiac surgeons from the UK and he wrote this book near the end of his 35 year long career in cardiac surgery. He did a lot of complicated sometimes somewhat newer surgeries during his career and he decided that it would be a pity not to document atleast some of them. This book is about the stories of his patients some happy, some sad and some truly fascinating. There was a story of a woman with locked-in syndrome, who basically was locked out of the world because she could only see and hear things around her but not respond to anythkng due to severe paralysis. Another story of a man in his sixties who became pulse-less when an artificial heart outside his body was connected to him. Because surgeons are often seen as these detached beings another thing that I really loved about the book was that you could feel his empathy towards his patients.
Recommended to medical students or anyone who likes to read medical memoirs or is generally interested in medical related books!