Rogers B A, Carrothers A D, Jones Chris
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5.
J Perioper Pract. 2012 Jun;22(6):204-6. doi: 10.1177/175045891202200605.
Over 40 million surgical procedures are performed per annum in the USA and Europe, including several million patients who are considered to be high risk (Bennett-Guerrero et al 2003). Overall, the risk of death or major complications after surgery in the general surgical patient population is low, with a post-operative mortality rate of less than1% during the same hospital admission (Niskanen et al 2001).
