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Doctor ranks the world's most painful medical procedures, including common surgery that's 'unbearable'

Pain does not follow a universal scale. Medicine has never found a ranking that fits every patient. The International ...

From heart surgery to spinal tap: Physician ranks medical procedures by pain

Procedures that most commonly rate high on the pain scale involve bones and nerves, such as spinal fusion, open-heart surgery, and total knee replacement.
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The world's most painful medical procedures ranked by a doctor: From spinal taps to knee replacement

Whilst medical procedures are entirely necessary and life-saving, it doesn't mean they're painless. In fact even those carried out under general anaesthetic, which is supposed to prevent you from ...
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The world's most painful medical procedures, ranked by a doctor: From knee replacements to lumbar punctures

While medical procedures are entirely necessary and life-saving, it doesn’t mean they’re painless. In fact even those carried out under general anaesthetic, which is supposed to prevent you from ...