How do you Measure Success in Surgery? - Professor Matin Elliott

How do surgeons measure the success of a procedure? It’s not enough for a patient to survive, their quality of life must be considered, and the cost of the surgery has to be accounted. Professor Martin Elliott talks about the arithmetic of medical success. Martin Elliott the Gresham Professor of Physic. Information on his ongoing series of free public lectures is available here: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/the-heart-of... More information on Professor Elliott can be found here: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/professors-a... Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 1,600 lectures free to access or download from the website. Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Twitter:  / greshamcollege   Facebook:  / greshamcollege