It's nuts to read this technology has only been around since 2008. It seems like it's been around forever.

I'm not that old, so that's part of it. And also, 17 years is a long time in tech.

Regardless, it is a modern miracle that there's been this much progress in that short of a time period.

The article stats a 95% success rate - which doesn't seem great, but <0.5% of incidents have serious complications, most of the other 5% are temporary minor complications.