Performing a surgical operation when the success rate is low
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Question:
Shaykh, if the success rate of a surgical operation that a person is about to undergo is thirty percent, and the rate of the patient surviving without this operation, according to the doctors' estimate, is twenty percent, is it permissible to perform this operation?
Answer:
If there is hope for the patient's recovery through this operation, then the operation is performed for him. This is up to the doctors, the doctors' report. Yes.
Shaykh, if the success rate of a surgical operation that a person is about to undergo is thirty percent, and the rate of the patient surviving without this operation, according to the doctors' estimate, is twenty percent, is it permissible to perform this operation?
Answer:
If there is hope for the patient's recovery through this operation, then the operation is performed for him. This is up to the doctors, the doctors' report. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (097) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-07-24] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (44:54)
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