# How Do You Measure Success in Surgery?

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Martin Elliott
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/how-do-you-measure-success-surgery)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [How Do You Measure Success in Surgery?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/how-do-you-measure-success-surgery/9cd17ecb93c8) (YouTube)