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minus-squareOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up22·12 days agoSometimes full sedation is too risky, or at least not worth it for factors other than cost
minus-squareokwhateverdude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 days agoAnd sometimes you’re somewhere along the timestream where anesthetic hasn’t been invented yet.
minus-squareCourtney (she/her/they) @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-212 days agoIn the US though, it’s definitely not for the bbenefit of the patient.
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-212 days agoHi, American here who can’t be fully sedated because it’d kill me. It took my doctor a hot minute to find a surgeon who could do what I needed under local anesthesia, because almost everyone did full sedation for that procedure.
Sometimes full sedation is too risky, or at least not worth it for factors other than cost
And sometimes you’re somewhere along the timestream where anesthetic hasn’t been invented yet.
In the US though, it’s definitely not for the bbenefit of the patient.
Hi, American here who can’t be fully sedated because it’d kill me. It took my doctor a hot minute to find a surgeon who could do what I needed under local anesthesia, because almost everyone did full sedation for that procedure.