After many years of developing equipment, medicines, routines, and knowledge, the risks associated with anesthesia have been significantly reduced, and safety is now very high. However, one can never get away from the fact that anesthesia, just like most medical treatments, involves a certain degree of risk. This risk must always be viewed in relation to the risk of not carrying out the medical procedure, as well as in the perspective that the risk of a serious injury associated with anesthesia is much smaller than the risk one exposes oneself and their child to when driving to the hospital.
This table provides an understanding of the occurrence of risks associated with anesthesia.