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What is regional anesthesia and why is it preferable to general anesthesia?

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What is regional anesthesia and why is it preferable to general anesthesia?

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With regional anesthesia, you don’t go to sleep, you are in a “twilight state”. The area operated on will be numb and you receive post operative pain relief. There is no nausea and not the same risks associated with general anesthesia.