With so many problems from botched surgeries you would think a patient would be able to request this.
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In the US malpractice insurance is very expensive and anything that would increase a surgeon to additional legal risk is going to be resisted tooth and nail.
Another consideration is that there is a difference between doing a job correctly and doing a job correctly in a way that also looks correct on video. In order to minimize incision size it is common for the surgeon to be the only person who can see what is being done. Even head mounted cameras often don’t have the proper angle to record what is being done. Having a procedure performed in a way that made everything visible on video would require significant changes that are unlikely to improve the patient outcomes.
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