[Retric]

One thing to consider is Antibiotics are not actually need very often. I had intestional surgery a while back and they never put me on a course of antibiotics. Now they probably gave me a shot of something in surgery, but we can do a lot to minimize the risks without them.

They are often used as a crutch and end up promoting sloppy technique. Basically infections are a sign you did something wrong, removing that feedback promotes problems.

[thaumasiotes]

> Basically infections are a sign you did something wrong, removing that feedback promotes problems.

Having surgery at all meets any standard of "you did something wrong".

[Retric]

Less so than you might think. Unless you want to suggest bad DNA is some how your fault. However, I am speaking from the surgeons perspective.

[thaumasiotes]

In the sense of your comment, that "infections are a sign you did something wrong", having surgery is "doing something wrong". Your body has no plan for you to undergo surgery; it relies on the assumption that your skin separates your inside from your outside and any contact between inside and outside not mediated by your skin or your stomach is a catastrophic failure.