Bobby,
Orthopedics is the carpentry of the medical profession. Just remember the old carpentry motto, "Measure twice, cut once".
Doing surgery on the wrong part of the body happens, but it is rare because patients get checked over and over and then some. You would have been asked a few more times if you were in a teaching hospital with med students, interns and residents. I would be nervous if I was [i:f1d648c6b2]not[/i:f1d648c6b2] asked about my procedure multiple times.
By the way, one of my patients once marked [i:f1d648c6b2]herself[/i:f1d648c6b2] with the marking pen before going for surgery. The surgeon thought it was pretty funny.
Get well my friend.