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It was about 20-25 minutes, but was all that really necessary?
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howie
Maybe he was scared to get it infected so he wanted a sterile environment. I am not sure why they didn't do a nerve block instead of general anesthesi
Posted by
James Bond (aka Igor) (aka Igor)
Jul 5 '12, 19:39
but I would guess because some of the nerve blocks take up to 4 hours to resolve, so they might have figured it would be faster to just do general.
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yeah, he wanted a sterile environment, but general anesthesia? wouldn't a local do the job? Nm
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howie
Jul 5, 19:52
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general with a mask or just iv?
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b!i.p.
Jul 5, 20:02
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the surgeon said it would be a local, but the anesthesiologist stuck in an IV and went to town (no gas that I remember) nm
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howie
Jul 5, 20:08
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yah, that's what happened to me, too. not the best, but hopefully that's that for you now. -- nm
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b!i.p.
Jul 5, 20:18
It's over now & you are fine. But damned if it don't sound like the went in for a missing sponge
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Epiphany
Jul 5, 20:13
Yeah, local should have been fine. *shrug* -- nm
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James Bond (aka Igor)
Jul 5, 20:02
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