===== Technical Success =====

**Technical success** is a procedural term used to describe whether a medical or surgical technique was performed as intended, without intraoperative failure or deviation from the planned intervention.

==== 🔍 Definition ====
> ''Technical success refers to the completion of a planned medical or surgical procedure according to predefined technical criteria, without intra-procedural complications or deviations.''

==== ✅ Valid Usage ====
  * Deployment of a stent in the intended anatomical location  
  * Successful embolization of a target vessel without device migration  
  * Completion of a tumor resection with intraoperative goals met

==== ⚠️ Misuse and Limitations ====
The term is often misused to **overstate clinical value**, especially in studies lacking follow-up or outcome data. Common issues include:
  * Equating technical success with **clinical efficacy**
  * Using vague or post hoc definitions (e.g., “achieving the desired outcome”)
  * Ignoring patient-centered endpoints (e.g., survival, function, recurrence)

==== 🚨 Critical Perspective ====
> A procedure may be “technically successful” but **clinically irrelevant or even harmful** if it does not improve patient outcomes or if long-term complications are ignored.

==== 🧠 Related Terms ====
  * Clinical success  
  * Procedural efficacy  
  * Outcome-based endpoints  
  * Surrogate markers  
  * Unjustified enthusiasm