Seven operations. One ranking. And the order is going to start some arguments. Over five episodes, Dr. Schultz sat down with specialists in ankle, ACL, neck, shoulder and hand surgery to ask one question: can anything beat a hip replacement? In this finale he puts those five alongside the two operations he performs every week, hip and knee replacement, and ranks all seven. Not on success rate alone, but on what actually matters to you as a patient: how badly the problem was interfering with your life, whether surgery fixes both pain and function, how long the result lasts, how hard the recovery is, and how likely complications are. He starts with the honorable mentions (carpal tunnel and trigger finger, AC joint arthritis, lumbar microdiscectomy, meniscectomy, big toe arthritis, and hip resurfacing), explains why trauma surgery isn't on the list, then counts down to number one.