“What type of anesthesia is used for appendix surgery?”
I will have appendix surgery. What type of anesthesia is used for appendix surgery?
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AnesthesiologistAnesthesiologist
It is general anesthesia, but the details on this are best provided by an anesthesiologist.
You will likely have general anesthesia, which means you will be completely asleep and will have a breathing tube after you are asleep. Appendectomies can be what we call "acute," which means they are done during the diagnosis of appendicitis; or "interval" which means they are done a few weeks after resolution of appendicitis. Interval appendectomies are elective in nature, but acute appendectomies are usually done as emergency surgery.
