Aspiration is also a risk under general anaesthesia, where relaxed swallowing muscles may allow stomach contents to enter the ...

Dilatation and Curettage can be done under general, spinal or local anesthesia. The different types of anesthesias given to a patient prior to the procedure depend on both the choice of the ...

You may be awake or given sedation during the surgical procedure. Regional anesthesia includes spinal blocks and epidurals and is often used for childbirth and minor surgeries: Epidural ...

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Hemorrhoid surgery can be done under general anaesthesia or spinal anesthesia or caudal anaesthesia. During general anesthesia the patient is usually unconscious and not aware of the surroundings.

General anesthesia is a combination of medications that a person breathes through a mask or receives through a catheter in a vein to cause a person to fall asleep. In contrast, regional anesthesia is ...