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My grandpa is going in for hip replacement surgery next week, and I just heard that he won't be put under general anesthesia. I guess his emphysema is so bad that they are concerned about the effectiveness the inhaled anesthetics would have in his lungs.
I'm assuming he'll be having some sort of epidural or other nerve block, correct? Would it also be the anesthesiologist's responsibility to get him doped up on enough drugs to make sure he doesn't know what's going on during the surgery? I've seen a video of a hip replacement, and it didn't seem like something I would want to be awake through, what with all the hammering and sawing.
Anyway, I just thought it might be interesting to discuss. Maybe this is a very common way to do hip replacements...I dunno, is it? I have only heard about this third-hand, so I might have the details confused.
Vent is right...this forum has been rockin' lately, and all of the awesome technical discussions have really piqued my interest in anesthesiology (even though I have no idea what is going on in said discussions 90% of the time! 😀 )
Thanks,
Andy
MS-0, Medical College of WI
I'm assuming he'll be having some sort of epidural or other nerve block, correct? Would it also be the anesthesiologist's responsibility to get him doped up on enough drugs to make sure he doesn't know what's going on during the surgery? I've seen a video of a hip replacement, and it didn't seem like something I would want to be awake through, what with all the hammering and sawing.
Anyway, I just thought it might be interesting to discuss. Maybe this is a very common way to do hip replacements...I dunno, is it? I have only heard about this third-hand, so I might have the details confused.
Vent is right...this forum has been rockin' lately, and all of the awesome technical discussions have really piqued my interest in anesthesiology (even though I have no idea what is going on in said discussions 90% of the time! 😀 )
Thanks,
Andy
MS-0, Medical College of WI