Anesthesia techniques in laparoscopic surgery have evolved significantly, with a growing emphasis on minimizing invasiveness and enhancing patient recovery. Traditionally, general anesthesia (GA) has ...

General anesthesia is given during surgery to make people unconscious, eliminate pain during the procedure and prevent reflex movements. Many factors are known to impact how anesthesia affects a given ...

The most common treatment for gallstones is removing your gallbladder. The gallbladder is not an essential organ, which means that you can live normally without one. It is a storage organ for bile.

Laparoscopic hernia repair is similar to other laparoscopic procedures. General anesthesia is given, and a small cut (incision) is made in or just below the navel. The abdomen is inflated with air so ...

Laparoscopic surgery is a type of “minimally invasive” surgery involving very small incisions (0.5-1cm) as opposed to traditional surgery which uses larger cuts. In a laparoscopic procedure, the ...

Laparoscopy is a new trend in surgery. A don at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Dr Segun Badejoko, explains what ...

Under the harsh lights of an operating theatre in the Indian capital, Delhi, a woman lies motionless as surgeons prepare to remove her gallbladder. She is under general anaesthesia: unconscious, ...

A new study shows that pairing soothing music with a structured recovery protocol helps colorectal cancer patients wake faster, stay physiologically stable, and avoid common post-anesthesia ...

Some, but not all, research suggests that more women recall events that happened under anesthesia than men do, and that women wake up from anesthesia faster than men. When you purchase through links ...