Anaesthesia for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Your anaesthesiologist will inject local anaesthetic solution near a group of nerves to numb the part of your body that requires surgery. You may remain awake, or be given a sedative.

Some minor surgeries may only require injection of a local anaesthetic into the skin and tissues to numb the area where surgery is to be performed. Your anaesthesiologist, in consultation with the surgeon, will determine the most appropriate form of anaesthesia, taking into consideration your medical condition as well as your desires.

Your anaesthesiologist, in consultation with the surgeon, will determine the most appropriate form of anaesthesia, taking into consideration your medical condition as well as your desires.

Some common side effects that you may experience after anaesthesia include nausea, vomiting, sore throat, headache, giddiness, shivering, body aches and itching.

Less common complications include damage to teeth, lips and tongue, and hoarseness of voice. 

Extremely rare complications would include awareness during general anaesthesia, serious allergy to anaesthetic drugs, damage to eyes and nerves, and death.