“Which is better general anesthesia or spinal anesthesia?”

Both are safe for healthy people. A general anesthetic with a breathing tube and gas is more associated with nausea and a groggy wake up. A spinal with sedation is the more kind and gentle approach on your body. The choice is yours assuming the surgery is amenable to a spinal and there aren’t any underlying contraindications. Personally, I like spinals with sedation. However, I have had a spinal headache from one, and that really stunk!

For a seventeen-year-old, normal weight, healthy person, they are both equally safe. It comes down more to personal preference. For my knee surgeries, I had spinal.

Steven Dain