Dr Hemant Shinde tells what a patient should know before undergoing a surgery and what the complications of general anaesthesia are. Rajesh was a fit 25-year-old, but when he suffered from blinding ...

Over 350 million surgeries are performed globally each year. For most of us, it’s likely at some point in our lives we’ll have to undergo a procedure that needs general anaesthesia. Even though it is ...

Around 1 in 10 surgery patients studied by researchers were still partly conscious during their procedure despite having been given general anesthesia, a study has suggested. The study involved 338 ...

As the research team prepares its next study exploring music-aided sedation, building on earlier findings, one truth is ...

Horses are large animals and their size and weight brings a different perspective to the challenges of anaesthesia. Bespoke equipment, facilities and preparation are essential to performing safe and ...

A “HEALTHY” four-year-old girl was left “paralysed” after undergoing a procedure to remove her tonsils. The cause – known medically as pseudocholinesterase deficiency – has now been detailed in a new ...

When a horse has to undergo anything beyond minor standing surgery, which can be achieved under heavy sedation, a general anaesthetic is required so that the animal is safely immobilised, unconscious ...

To describe and examine the observation that eccentric eye positions may develop under certain general anaesthetic conditions and negatively impact upon operating conditions during ocular surgery. A ...

The Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia said patients can always request clinical justification for the use of general anaesthesia or local anaesthesia. (Bernama pic) The Association of Private ...

Hajin achieved a major milestone by successfully performing its first-ever emergency appendectomy. The surgery was conducted ...

For neurons to communicate, proteins have to get involved. One of the jobs these proteins have is to get neurons to release molecules called neurotransmitters. These chemical messengers are what gets ...