Hi, my name is April, I'm 26, and healthy. However, I'm having Rhinoplasty in a few weeks, I am extremely scared! I have had corrective nasal surgery before when I was in high school. Being said, although I have had a similar procedure before; should I be this afraid to receive anesthesia and fatal complications from the surgery? Is there any extra precautions I can be made aware of to reduce my risk of something terrible taking place?!?
August 20, 2010
Answer: Rhinoplasty surgery and anesthesia
The best indicator as to how you will do with anesthesia is that you have had the procedure before. Typically, patients that have previously had anesthesia without problems should have the same results. While the amount of surgery can impact the recovery, the anesthetic risks which are minimal should be the same. I hope this information helps.
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August 20, 2010
Answer: Rhinoplasty surgery and anesthesia
The best indicator as to how you will do with anesthesia is that you have had the procedure before. Typically, patients that have previously had anesthesia without problems should have the same results. While the amount of surgery can impact the recovery, the anesthetic risks which are minimal should be the same. I hope this information helps.
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August 19, 2010
Answer: Extremely Scared and Nervous Pre-Rhinoplasty
Hi April,
Your feelings are normal and common before any type of surgery. Discuss your feelings with your surgeon and have the type of anesthesia you will be recieving explained to you. Usually with rhinoplasty we are able to keep patients relatively "light" under anesthesia because of the local anesthesia that we inject before the operation. This generally makes the risks of anesthesia much less. Once you can trust your surgeon, you can project your fears and anxiety onto your surgeon (who does this operation 100's of times), instead of keeping within yourself (you have had anesthesia once or twice). George Burns, when told by his bypass heart surgeon before his surgery that he "doesn't look nervous at all", replied to his surgeon, "I'm not nervous, YOU are the one who should be nervous!" Trust your surgeon, and let him/her be nervous for you. Good luck and be well.
Dr. P
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August 19, 2010
Answer: Extremely Scared and Nervous Pre-Rhinoplasty
Hi April,
Your feelings are normal and common before any type of surgery. Discuss your feelings with your surgeon and have the type of anesthesia you will be recieving explained to you. Usually with rhinoplasty we are able to keep patients relatively "light" under anesthesia because of the local anesthesia that we inject before the operation. This generally makes the risks of anesthesia much less. Once you can trust your surgeon, you can project your fears and anxiety onto your surgeon (who does this operation 100's of times), instead of keeping within yourself (you have had anesthesia once or twice). George Burns, when told by his bypass heart surgeon before his surgery that he "doesn't look nervous at all", replied to his surgeon, "I'm not nervous, YOU are the one who should be nervous!" Trust your surgeon, and let him/her be nervous for you. Good luck and be well.
Dr. P
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