Surgery may be performed using local, spinal, or general anesthesia.
A biopsy can usually be done in the doctor's office using local anesthesia.
An open biopsy can be done using local or general anesthesia.
All surgeries that use general anesthesia have a small risk of death or complications.
So the next six operations used general anesthesia and were successful.
It can usually be done using local anesthesia, which means part of your body is numbed, but you stay awake.
Today, using only local anesthesia, the procedure only takes about an hour.
Most of the time they are done in a surgery center using local or general anesthesia.
Breast reduction surgery is done in a hospital or surgical center, usually using general anesthesia.
When blood tests are taken, we use local anesthesia, sprayed on the skin.