[ukoki]

> the best performing knee surgeon will be the one that doesn't perform knee surgery, collects a fee, and returns your knee in the same condition it was in.

Why not? Eg: "Sorry sir, but as you are a weak/old/high-risk patient, knee surgery would be very dangerous — my advice is to stay in a wheelchair"

[blackflame7000]

This situation occurs fairly regularly with cancer when they find out it's inoperable once they open you up. You still gotta pay for it though.