Dr. Joshua John-Ram SchacterDr. Joshua Schacter, DO FAAOS, is America’s Holistic Orthopedic Surgeon, with nearly two decades of surgical expertise.

What are the chances of someone dying in a non-emergency case?

1 Dec 2024 · 0 min

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A short Q&A transcript where Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter answers the question about the chances of dying in a non-emergency case. He states that anesthesia and surgery are very safe: office procedures at Pinnacle carry virtually zero risk of death, while operating-room cases carry a small statistical risk (stated as about 1–3%).

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Virtually zero.

1–3%.

What are the chances of someone dying in a non emergency case?
So very low. Anesthesia is very safe. Obviously, surgery in the United States is really safe. We do a lot of surgery and that's part of what we want to do less of here at Pinnacle, here in the office. When we do our office procedures, it's virtually zero. In the operating room, the statistics range from between 1 and 3%.
There is a statistical risk, it's just very low.