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Steven Salinas
Anesthesiologist
Dr. Steven Salinas is an anesthesiologist practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. Salinas 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. Salinas also might help manage pain after an operation.
5 years
Experience
Steven Salinas
- Chicago, IL
- Mercer University SOM
- Accepting new patients
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What type of anesthesia is used for liver resection?
You will need general anesthesia. You will go all the way off to sleep and have a breathing tube placed. You will also need central line(s) placed into your neck to be able to READ MORE
You will need general anesthesia. You will go all the way off to sleep and have a breathing tube placed. You will also need central line(s) placed into your neck to be able to give you large volume blood/fluids as needed throughout the surgery and to transduce your central venous pressure for the doctors to see continuously throughout the surgery. I hope this helps.
What type of anesthesia is used for colectomy?
A colectomy requires general anesthesia with a breathing tube (totally asleep throughout the case). This is because this is a major abdominal surgery that necessitates precise READ MORE
A colectomy requires general anesthesia with a breathing tube (totally asleep throughout the case). This is because this is a major abdominal surgery that necessitates precise surgical acumen and no room for movement at all (esp. if it is a laparoscopic surgery [ie video in your belly] with sharp tools inside your abdomen. Your anesthesiologist may also offer you a thoracic epidural which can be placed before the surgery and provides excellent opioid-sparing, post operative pain relief. Hope this helps.
