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I would say that's not a fair comparison. Those are dynamic factors that are usually inconsequential and fixable. This was an all or nothing phenomenon. I would say a fair comparison would be if the patient got a bad surgical site infection and it turns out the anesthesiologist didn't give the antibiotics at all.
Well the difference here is that someone wanted to convince the patient they didn't remember anything and that it was all a dream which I think is unprofessional behavior. What might be more appropriate in an equivocal case would be to ask the patient in postop if everything was OK. Leave it open ended and without suggestion.