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No medical treatment is free of risks for the patient. During anesthesia one has to take into account an overall incidence of 6.5% disturbances of the anesthetic procedure (Table 1); however, permanent damage occurs only in a very low percentage (9). The most severe complication of anesthesia — death on the table — has been quoted over many years at 0.02%, even when considering emergency cases. This is one in every 5.000 anesthetics —, although the. indication for an operation has been extended constantly (2, 3, 7, 9).
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Lutz, H., Georgieff, M. (1984). Risk in Anesthesia with Particular Reference to the Elderly Patient. In: Piotrowski, W., Brock, M., Klinger, M. (eds) CNS Metastases Neurosurgery in the Aged. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 12. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69360-1_23
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