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How is General Anesthesia Given?

How is general anesthesia given when getting rhinoplasty? I know there are IVs and shots involved, both of which I am very afraid of. Can you tell me a bit more about IVs? My mother told me it's supposed to go inside your hands the whole time?! I highly doubt this but are there any alternatives that might be better? Please if you can, explain the whole process and how much it hurts. Thanks!

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Don't be scared

General anesthesia involves a number of drugs given in my hospital (St Vincent in Worcester) by a team comprised of a board certified anesthesiologist and a certified nurse anesthetist. Often it starts with a pill to calm your nerves. Then they put an intravenous line in your hand. The initial prick hurts for just a second or so. Once the line is in, you will not feel it. This then enables them to give any number of appropriate drugs as sort of a "cocktail" to... more

Anesthesia for Rhinoplasty

General anesthesia is given by an anesthesiologist or a board certified nurse anesthetist as well, depending on the facility. General anesthesia is administered by having the patient under anesthesia for sedation and then a breathing tube will be appropriately placed and secured down into your throat.Your anesthesia and your breathing is then monitored by the anesthetic machine

General Anesthesia during Rhino

General anesthesia starts with an IV placed into the vein in the arm. Depending on how good your veins are this usually is a very smooth procedure and an only a little stick to get the needle in. Sometimes the nurses or anesthesiologist will numb your skin with a very tiny needle first so you will almost not even feel the IV go in. ONce the IV is placed you will get IV medication to put you into la la land before you go to sleep. I don't mess around with twilight for these operations.... more

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During IV sedation anesthesia a small flexible IV (intravenous) needle is placed into one of the veins of the back of the hand. The skin can be numbed prior to placement of the IV. Through this IV line, relaxing medication is given to make you fall sleep. The amount of medication given is adjusted to the specific needs of each person. After you are sleeping, some numbing medicine is also placed in the nose.

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Anesthesia for Rhinoplasty

You basically have two choices for anesthesia for rhinoplasty and it really depends on what your surgeon offers. At our office, we have both choices. First, you can have "Twilight" or IV sedation. For this, an IV in a vein in your arm. The medications are then given through the IV to make you go to sleep, the help relax you and to relieve pain. The other option is to have General Anesthesia. In this type of anesthesia, you have an IV just like "Twilight"... more

How is General Anesthesia Given?

It sounds like you're very apprehensive about any needles or IV starts. An IV is required for general anesthesia both to deliver some of the medications as well as to provide you with fluids and any other medications that might be needed. The IV can be placed in the arm or in the hand and is not typically very painful. I give my patients an oral anxiety medication before their driver takes them to the surgery center. This usually takes the edge off and allows them to get through all of the... more

Anesthesia for Rhinoplasty

I personally operate out of my own private fully accredited surgical center and work with a full time anesthesiologist. The anesthesia is provided by the anesthesiologist and typically you are brought to the operating room in the morning where you are placed onto the operating table. At that time the nurse and anesthesiologist will place the proper monitoring equipment on you. Then a small amount of xylocaine a numbing agent is injected into the sight the I.V. will be started.... more

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