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Prior to the biopsy, the patient is placed under general anesthesia
The patient will be placed under general anesthesia for the duration of the procedure. The advantages to general anesthesia are that the patient remains unconscious and completely relaxed during the procedure
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It may be done under local or general anesthesia, depending on patient and physician preference
A laminectomy is performed with the patient under general anesthesia, usually positioned lying on the side or stomach.
The operation begins when an anesthesiologist puts the patient to sleep. The anesthesiologist injects drugs into the patient's veins and then places an airway tube in the windpipe to ventilate (provide air for) the patient.
A mastoidectomy is performed with the patient fully asleep under general anesthesia
The procedure is performed in a hospital with the patient under general anesthesia.
sitting position
Its not uncommon. There are varying degrees of anesthesia. For more serious and invasive procedures the patient is put under deeper. When under deep anesthesia the patient's intestines may cease peristalsis. Peristalsis is the slow, rhythmic radial contraction of the intestine, which moves the waste material along. On coming out of anesthesia the patient is usually under narcotics, and this can slow the body's resumption of peristalsis. In the US these days they like to hustle patients out of the hospital just as soon as possible after surgery, but the patient generally can not be discharged until after the patient has had a post-operative bowel movement.
An endotracheal tube is inserted first, after local anesthesia is applied to the throat. Once the patient is under general anesthesia, a small incision is made usually just below the neck or at the notch at the top of the breastbone.
Laparoscopy is typically performed in the hospital under general anesthesia, although some laparoscopic procedures can be performed using local anesthetic agents.