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Dr. Glenn Joseph Messina D.O.

Anesthesiologist

8 Shen Ct East Setauket NY, 11733
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Dr. Glenn Messina is an anesthesiologist practicing in East Setauket, NY. Dr. Messina 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. Messina also might help manage pain after an operation.

Education and Training

New York College of Osteopathic Medicine / New York Institute of Technology 1986

New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine 1986

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Dr. Glenn Joseph Messina D.O.'s Expert Contributions
  • Can spinal anesthesia cause paralysis?

    Hello, spinal anesthesia is very safe when performed by a properly trained Anesthesiologist. the spinal needle should be inserted below your spinal cord itself so puncturing the nerve itself would not be possible,  that said paralysis can occur but it would be rare and specific problems such as someone on anticoagulants that cause bleeding. If you are going to a reputable institution with board certified anesthesiologists then I would feel very comfortable having a spinal. At 29 I am guessing your healthy so general should not be a problem but if you are having a c section then the spinal is best because it has the least chance of medication going to the fetus and you are mentally there for the delivery. If you have multiple conditions or lung disease then again the spinal is a good choice. Best of luck, I wouldn't worry,Dr M READ MORE

  • Will anesthesia also reduce my post operative pain?

    The anesthetics delivered during surgery will reduce your post operative pain but only for a short time. After surgery longer acting but lower potency medications are used to control your pain. If you are ambulatory you likely will get a prescription for a shout course of narcotics, if you are going to stay then you may be on oral medications, iv pump medications, epidurals etc. Now there is one instance that the operative narcotic may continue and thats if you have a spinal with a narcotic mixed in, then yo will have post op relief for about a day, longer if specific nerve blocks are used. READ MORE

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East Setauket, NY 11733
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