Why do athletes when they get injured travel around the world to go to see a specific doctor, aren’t all doctors able to study specialists to learn the best techniques?

Question

Always hear of athletes based in UK or US for example travelling to Spain or other countries to get surgery.

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Answer 1

Having access to the knowledge, being able to apply that knowledge well, and having applied that knowledge successfully many times until you are so good it’s second nature are *entirely* different things.

I have access to a medical library. I could “study specialists to learn the best techniques.” But I’ve never performed surgery. You ready for *me* to do your knee replacement? I mean, I’ll definitely cut your knee out and put … something in there instead for less than some specific doctor. ¯_ (ツ)_/¯