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CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP IN THE OPERATING ROOM

The Anesthesia Consultant

Surgeons are experts in surgery and anesthesiology providers are experts in anesthesia care. In the operating room, surgical complications may include bleeding, damage to normal tissues, misdiagnosis, or iatrogenic mistakes regarding scalpels, sutures, or surgical devices. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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BRAIN TRANSPLANTATION?

The Anesthesia Consultant

Once the new brain is inserted into the skull base, there is no longer any room to utilize needles and suture to sew the arteries and veins back together. Canaveros describes alternative means of reconnecting vascular structures without sutures. above, the traditional reconnection of severed nerves with suture is not feasible.

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EXTUBATION IS RISKY BUSINESS. WHY THE CONCLUSION OF GENERAL ANESTHESIA CAN BE A CRITICAL EVENT

The Anesthesia Consultant

The most invasive type of airway tube used in anesthesia is called an endotracheal tube, or ET tube. At the onset of general anesthesia anesthesiologists place an ET tube through the mouth, past the larynx (voice box), and into the trachea (windpipe). The patient’s vital signs remained normal and the ET tube was removed.