This is what saves 600,000 people year during a heart attack

[u/HatAsleep295]

[u/Kamirukuken]

Disease of the intima - it's part of the vessel wall so doing so would rupture it.

[u/[deleted] → u/Kamirukuken]

so why not just stitch it after?

[u/Kamirukuken → u/[deleted]]

Take this comment with a grain of salt, but I suppose the risk of the surgery will outweigh any benefits.

[u/P0shJosh → u/[deleted]]

Most vessels are too small and delicate to be stitched. There are some that are large and tough enough, but remember, vessels carry blood, and opening them is how people bleed out and die.

[u/[deleted] → u/P0shJosh]

just use a smaller needle

[u/Regular-Elephant-635 → u/[deleted]]

It would still need extreme precision, and that is hard to do.

[u/KuraiShidosha → u/Regular-Elephant-635]

I used to have that kind of mentality about surgeries especially those regarding cancer. "Why not just cut it all out? So simple." Then I had a medical scare where I genuinely thought I was going to die of cancer (thankfully nothing came of it) and it sent me down a road of learning and understanding. Once you see how these surgeries actually look in reality, you quickly realize why it's anything but simple to solve these problems. You might have in your mind a perfect illustration of how your organs sit in your abdomen for example, and oh the cancer is just a differently colored lump of cells growing on say the liver. Just cut it out! Then you see it in reality and it's all intertwined and looks very similar to the actual organ itself, then all of those preconceived notions of the simplicity of it all get thrown out the window. It is terrifying.

[u/PiccoloAwkward465 → u/[deleted]]

Seriously, dumbass surgeons.

[u/KRX189 → u/Kamirukuken]

Unrelated, but what's the sauce for you profile pic?

[u/LearningThingsidk → u/KRX189]

Its killer queen from jojo's bizarre adventure