A conscious choice: Local and spinal anesthesia emerge as safer alternatives in spine surgery

General anesthesia, once the default choice in spine surgeries, is increasingly giving way to local and spinal anesthesia as ...
Medscape

General Anesthesia Isn’t Always Necessary — An Expert Explains Why

According to Germany’s Federal Health Reporting database, there were around 16 million surgeries in the country between 2010 and 2016. Data on whether general anesthesia or regional anesthesia was ...
UPI

Study: High-dose general anesthesia doesn't raise risk of delirium after surgery

Older adults who avoid surgery because they fear general anesthesia will cause thinking declines need not worry, researchers report. A study of more than 1,000 patients who had heart surgery at four ...
Medical Xpress

General anesthesia reduces uniqueness of brain's functional 'fingerprint,' study finds

Past psychology research suggests that different people display characteristic patterns of spontaneous thought, emotions and behaviors. These patterns make the brains of distinct individuals unique, ...