General anesthesia is an assistive procedure to a surgery that is done to induce a state of deep sleep and unconsciousness in the patient. It involves administering certain medications so the patient ...

General anesthesia and surgery in healthy infants under the age of 1 year old could be associated with decreases in the amount of white matter in the brain. The potential for lasting neurotoxic ...

Older adults who avoid surgery because they fear general anesthesia will cause thinking declines need not worry, researchers report. A study of more than 1,000 patients who had heart surgery at four ...

Dr. H. had a struggling heart and a consequential decision to make. He needed an operation to fix a faulty valve but postponed it, afraid that the surgery and anesthesia would irrevocably damage his ...

Doctors may use general anesthesia during delivery if regional anesthesia is not a suitable option. Doctors typically reserve general anesthesia for surgical deliveries, such as cesarean deliveries.

General anesthesia and surgery in otherwise healthy infants under the age of one year could be associated with decreases in the amount of white matter in the brain, as well as reductions in the ...

BOSTON — Use of spinal anesthesia instead of general anesthesia for spine surgery improved patient recovery and reduced costs by nearly 10%, according to the results of a single-institution study ...

A less-invasive method to determine the state of non-small-cell lung cancer may spare patients the need for general anesthesia and surgery, according to a study published in the Journal of the ...