“What anesthesia is used for thyroid surgery?”
I will have thyroid surgery. What anesthesia is used for thyroid surgery?
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Thyroid surgery is generally done under General Anesthesia ,but another way is Cervical Nerve Block can be used to.
General
You will have general anesthesia with a breathing tube. Usually they also monitor the nervs to detect nerve injury.
Thyroid operations use general anesthesia if a thyroidectomy is needed. Despite the operation being on the neck; the endotracheal tube is placed in the mouth and into the lungs and does not interfere with the operation. Local anesthesia is not useful for thyroid operations the surgeon needs to operate behind strap muscles and can be bloody. Thyroid operations are commonly done and complications are very uncommon.
General, GETA.
General anesthesia.
