[Jon]

My key criteria for reputation are: 1) patient satisfaction, and 2) respect among their peers. I’m not so concerned with which procedure they use in this particular post, just those two things. I feel that two surgeons can perform a particular method, with one doing it very well, and the other perhaps not so well. There are potentially a lot of criteria one could consider that are very contextual, down to the the patient’s own medical history, the surgeon’s beside manner, etc. But it is a legitimate point to make about a surgeon who has a financial interest, as they may steer the surgery in that direction.