Do no harm. Stories about life, death and neurosurgery (№ 452298)

The best is the enemy of the good, I usually tell the assistants, who treat the operation like a spectacular sporting event. They like to point out to me that I could clip the aneurysm better - after all, they are not the ones who will have to deal with the consequences of an aneurysm that ruptured during the operation. And if this really happens, then how exciting it is to watch your boss unsuccessfully try to cope with a massive hemorrhage! When I was a trainee, this sight definitely gave me pleasure. In the end, it is not the trainee who will have to experience that unbearable feeling of guilt that tears the soul of a surgeon apart when, during a round, a patient crippled by him catches his eye.