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by femto 4713 days ago
30 day mortality rate is 1.4% vs. 1.9% in the US in 2008 [1]. The claim is that due to the high volume and single service, the surgeons get an awful lot of practice at the procedure and become very good at it.

[1] http://www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/business-old/the-hen...