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Limbfan2020

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LL surgery under regional anesthesia?
« on: December 03, 2022, 06:58:55 PM »

Hello,

has anyone decided to do this surgery under regional anesthesia instead of general anesthesia? I'm thinking about doing one leg at a time while under regional anesthesia in combination with a sedative pill.

What's ur opinion on that?
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toyz

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Re: LL surgery under regional anesthesia?
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2022, 07:04:56 PM »

western docs use general anesthesia only

in India many docs use regional.

have you consulted with any doc to ask abt this?
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Re: LL surgery under regional anesthesia?
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2022, 07:12:47 PM »

Other than the risk of not waking up, general is better.  There are some bad side effects possible from regional anesthesia.
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Re: LL surgery under regional anesthesia?
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2022, 01:46:38 AM »

Other than the risk of not waking up, general is better.  There are some bad side effects possible from regional anesthesia.

How is that ? As i know general is more harmful
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Re: LL surgery under regional anesthesia?
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2022, 07:13:04 AM »

How is that ? As i know general is more harmful
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In general, spinal anesthesia needs less anesthetic amount than epidural anesthesia. • Epidural technique provides anesthesia for longer duration (3- 5 hours) than spinal anesthesia (2 – 3 hours). • Spinal anesthesia has a higher incidence of hypotension, whereas epidural anesthesia has lesser incidence of hypotension.
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Re: LL surgery under regional anesthesia?
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2022, 08:48:34 AM »

Other than the risk of not waking up, general is better.  There are some bad side effects possible from regional anesthesia.

What side effects?
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Re: LL surgery under regional anesthesia?
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2022, 11:53:41 AM »

Many western doctors do it. The risks are comparable. Regional gives you the benefit of being able to provide pain relief for longer after the op and there is no post op nausea.
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Re: LL surgery under regional anesthesia?
« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2022, 12:28:12 PM »

Paley (best doc in whole world)  does he offers regional as option?
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Re: LL surgery under regional anesthesia?
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2022, 03:14:47 PM »

Sorry this is ridiculous. Do you know about which surgery we are Talking about. They are going to broke your legs and hanmer a nail into your bone!! Even if you dont feel anything you dont want to see and hear all or those things…

And what is if any smaller/bigger complications accurs? Sorry but no doc with a clean mind would do this to his patients.
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Re: LL surgery under regional anesthesia?
« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2022, 03:45:30 PM »

regional + sleeping pills bro no one is forcing u to watch the surgery

with general anesthasis you should not eat for 12 hour before surgery.But for spinal you can.

regional looks like better to me. Not sure why its not used in all country for this surgery
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Re: LL surgery under regional anesthesia?
« Reply #10 on: December 04, 2022, 03:49:10 PM »

Sorry this is ridiculous. Do you know about which surgery we are Talking about. They are going to broke your legs and hanmer a nail into your bone!! Even if you dont feel anything you dont want to see and hear all or those things…

And what is if any smaller/bigger complications accurs? Sorry but no doc with a clean mind would do this to his patients.

I was awake and conscious during my surgery just couldn't feel my legs. It was fine.
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Re: LL surgery under regional anesthesia?
« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2022, 04:51:34 PM »

I was awake and conscious during my surgery just couldn't feel my legs. It was fine.

Me too.  Not a big deal.
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Re: LL surgery under regional anesthesia?
« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2022, 04:57:36 PM »

regional looks like better to me. Not sure why its not used in all country for this surgery

It's the doctor's preference.  Some patients could cause trouble if awake for the surgery.  Generally the more prestigious the doctor is, the less he's willing to accomodate your requests that could make things harder for him.

I consulted with two local plastic surgeons for my otoplasty.  One said he'd only work with general anesthesia; wouldn't budge on charging me double for the anesthesiologist and the operating room fees even for a minor thing like that.  Of course I chose the doc that injected lidocaine in my ears for half the price.
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