<p>Surgical mistakes, in general, do not result in patient deaths. Anesthesia errors, particularly airway mishaps, can cause serious and sometimes fatal trouble.</p>
<p>By and large, the patient's physical condition has little bearing on the difficulty of the procedure for the surgeon. By contrast, systemic disease, particularly cardiopulmonary disease, can make anesthetizing a patient challenging. Administering anesthesia can be stressful since the surgeon's actions frequently perturb physiologic equilibria.</p>
<p>That all being said, third party anesthesiologist compensation per case is typically one third of the surgeon's compensation for the same case.</p>