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Anaesthesia

Anesthesia is a temporary loss of consciousness, awareness, or sensation in a controlled manner that is induced for surgical or medical purposes. General anesthesia, local anesthesia, and regional anesthesia is the main classification of anesthesia. General anesthesia is loss of awareness, whereas local anesthesia is loss of sensation in a particular site. In regional anesthesia, the patient will be awake, but part of the body where anesthesia is enabled will be asleep.

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What will be the anesthetic procedure carried out during eyelid lift surgery?

Query: Hello doctor, I am going to have the muscles shortened in both eyes and then my eyelids lifted. They say I will be asleep when these muscles are shortened and then they will wake me up so I can talk and move my eyes. Will they put a tube down my throat? I am so scared about having this done as I p...  Read Full »


Dr. Jadhav Yatish Anant

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. As far as anesthesia is concerned in your case, the eyelid surgery may be done under general anesthesia which does require securing your airway safely. Prior to securing the airway, you will be given injectable medications to make you fall asleep so that you do not remem...  Read Full »

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