Recently, the medical world has been seeing more and more patients opt out of being put under general anesthesia. Various reasons include fear, complications, or just curiosity. Most of the surgeries that people stay awake for are orthopedic surgeries. This new trend could actually be very beneficial to the economy of medicine because local anesthesia is much more cost effective than general anesthesia. If the patient chooses to stay awake and watch their own surgery, they will just be put under local anesthesia.
This new method could overall help with medical expenses and better improv the economy of medicine. Throughout history, medical expenses have always been extremely high. During Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency, the idea of medicare came about. From the 60s and there on, there have been different variations on that theme of medicare and health care. I think if people can get the guts to stay awake for their surgery, that would be an incredible experience and cut down medical bill costs people struggle to pay.
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/03/people-are-foregoing-anesthesia-to-watch-their-own-surgeries.html
This is interesting, I guess if it isn't necessary then it's okay and even safer because anesthesia could be a little scary.
ReplyDeleteKiri Luckey: I agree this is very interesting! I always thought it was better and safer to be put under anesthesia rather than be awake while in surgery.
ReplyDeleteLocal anesthesia is pretty useful, considering it's much better than just being awake during surgery. If it can be a lot cheaper, I recommend everyone to try it. It's not as bad as you think.
ReplyDelete-Anna Czyzewski
I agree with all those above me! Also, me personally would particularly enjoy being fully awake during surgery, so I would try something like local anesthesia that is cheaper and better for the environment!
ReplyDeleteThe thought of going through a surgery without anesthesia but if it is safer, maybe we should!
ReplyDeletewow, i guess if its faster then why not. also keeping anesthesia away isn't completely harmful since this may sometimes cause very unfortunate events.
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