This was the single most ridiculous thing in @GameOfThrones. As a surgeon, I know that, pre-surgery and pre-antibiotics, mortality from stab wounds to the abdomen was astronomical. If bowel or colon was punctured death from intraabdominal sepsis within days was all but certain.1/https://twitter.com/Aggy_C/status/1038833647644749824 …
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Magic. Magic is part of the world in which the story occurs and therefore much easier to willingly suspend disbelief for, silly. Take it from someone who's read a lot of fantasy since his teen years.
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Suriving multiple stab wounds more implausible than dragon becoming a wight ...
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Your criticizing the accuracy of a show that has fire breathing dragons. Isn't that pretty much a waste of time? In SoFI they have magic that literally brings people back to life from mortal wounds.
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Well, the South African experience with stab wounds suggests selective non-operative management can be quite acceptable. Even with peritoneal violation, there is no visceral injury a third of the time. So the probability she would survive is about 30%.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6692123
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Here's the scene. I'd put her odds at a lot lower than 30%, particularly given medieval medical knowledge.
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Well, it IS fantasy. Still, certain things break the willing suspension of disbelief. If a magic had somehow healed her, for instance I could've accepted that.
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What about the huge, flying undead dragon?
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That's fantasy and magic, therefore easier to suspend disbelief for, silly.

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