TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Surgical Errors A1 - Wachter, Robert M. A1 - Gupta, Kiran PY - 2017 T2 - Understanding Patient Safety, 3e AB - More than 20 million people undergo surgery every year in the United States alone. Historically, surgery was considered extremely dangerous, in part because of the risks associated with the surgery itself (bleeding, infection), and in part because of the risks of anesthesia. Because of safety advances in both of these fields, surgeries today are extremely safe, and anesthesia-related deaths are rare.1 Advances in surgery, anesthesia, and postoperative care have led to major declines in surgical mortality.2 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/15 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146175512 ER -