Probably, but when you're watching these surgeries as a layman for the first time it's surprising how much fumbling around they seem to do. I have a few pieces of metal inside me so took more of an interest at some point, and even those surgeons admit their job is mostly carpentry on hard mode.
A friend of mine got a hip replacement, and asked for the old hip.
They refused to give it to him. They said it was "medical waste," and they weren't allowed to deal with it, except in whatever federal manner was required.
