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What anaesthesia is usually given for surgery to put in intermedular rod in broken tibia n fibula?

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miscel2007 | 10:57 Tue 10th Apr 2007 | Body & Soul
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(1) the surgery happens 20 days after accident, when cast fails to heal properly.

(2) The operation only involves making a small incision in the knee from where the rod is pushed in.

(3) My friend who underwent this surgery only remembers getting drugged. So what anaeshthesia do you think he recieved?
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Most operations like this are done under a general. However, it could technically be done under an epidural with nerve block, in which case your friend would be right to say that he would have had some heavy sedation.
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