Anesthesia is one of the biggest concerns for patients undergoing cosmetic surgery. Toronto plastic surgeon Dr. Jerome Edelstein about anesthesia and why it's relatively safe for your cosmetic procedure. http://www.edelsteincosmetic.com/

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2. When anesthesia is administered properly, the patient will never
wake up during surgery or not wake up after surgery.
The patient will be woken up right when the surgery ends, in the operating room.

3. • are older
• have a significant medical
problem, such as heart, lung or
liver disease
Risks increase
when
patients:
• are young
• are healthy
Risks
decrease
when
patients:

4. THE CONSULTATION
During your pre-surgical consultation, the risks related to anesthesia, and the surgery in
general, will be discussed.
It’s very important you fully understand them so you can make an educated decision on
your surgery.

5. • always have a trusted, certified
anesthesiologist during the surgery
• never do major surgery without an
anesthesiologist
• it’s very important to know and trust
the anesthesiologist you’re working with
• a good anesthesiologist knows how to
deal with young, healthy patients but
also with very sick people that are
having live threatening surgeries
Even though the risk of a problem occurring during surgery is very low, it’s always safer to
have a certified anesthesiologist present.

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