One alternative to endotracheal intubation during general anesthesia might be use of a laryngeal mask airway LMA or other supraglottic airway device. You might want to consult with your anesthesia care …

The need for intubation is dependent on the surgical procedure to be performed. Use of a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) is a common airway adjunct used for balanced general anesthesia requiring …

For an appendectomy with general anesthesia, yes, intubation is needed. Intubation provides a mechanism by which the right amount of breathing can be assured. This is necessary to get the right …

General anesthesia usually does not cause sore throat unless one receives general anesthesia involving endotracheal intubation (breathing tube in your throat). In this case, one could sometimes develop a …

Usually general anesthesia with intubation of the airway is required for gall bladder surgery. Control of ventilation is required, especially when laparoscopic surgery is planned.

In general, it is used to convey that a patient may be sedated but not under general anesthesia. Most likely it would NOT involve intubation because that would surely imply general anesthesia. Speak …

A general anesthetic is a common choice, particularly for large hernias and hernias above the umbilicus (upper abdominal hernias). Your surgeon and your anesthesiologist should discuss the appropriate …

General anesthesia is where a patient is made unconscious through drugs that act in the brain. Epidural anesthesia is where a high concentrate local anesthetic is place in the epidural space, an area …

Typically intravenous sedation with propofol and local anesthesia administered by the surgeon. You may need general anesthesia if the lump is deeper than just under your skin surface. If the lump is larger …

For many general anesthetics yes you are - although the appropriate term of being administered "muscle relaxants" to prevent voluntary muscle movement is much less worrisome to hear right? Often a …