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Dr. Shimon Gabriel Farkas, M.D.
Anesthesiologist
Dr. Shimon Farkas is an anesthesiologist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Farkas ensures the safety of patients who are about to undergo surgery. Anestesiologists specialize in general anesthesia, which will (put the patient to sleep), sedation, which will calm the patient or make him or her unaware of the situation, and regional anesthesia, which just numbs a specific part of the body. As an anesthesiologist, Dr. Farkas also might help manage pain after an operation.
Dr. Shimon Gabriel Farkas, M.D.
- Philadelphia, PA
- Accepting new patients
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What type of anesthesia is used for tonsil surgery?
General anesthesia with a breathing tube.
Do you get put to sleep for thyroidectomy?
Yes, typically those procedures are done under general anesthesia with a breathing tube.
Can you have get appendectomy with local anesthesia?
Technically yes, with spinal anesthesia, but that can only be done if the surgeon does an open appendectomy which is very rare these days. Most appendectomies are done laparoscopically READ MORE
Technically yes, with spinal anesthesia, but that can only be done if the surgeon does an open appendectomy which is very rare these days. Most appendectomies are done laparoscopically and therefore require general anesthesia.
