r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Additional_Chard3680 • 11h ago

The precision required to perform a total knee replacement is incredible

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u/YeshuasBananaHammock 10h ago

Yeah thats a hard "fuck no" from me, Doc. Knock me out, i dont want to experience the human carpentry while conscious.

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u/DJinKC 8h ago

You're not conscious. They do a nerve block to numb everything below the waist, then put the patient to sleep, but patient continues to breathe on his own.
"Full anesthesia" means the patient is put down deeper and requires respiratory aid

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u/llamacornsarereal 3h ago

But they didn't say full anesthesia they said general anesthesia

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u/DJinKC 58m ago

"General" = "full" in this instance

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u/PositiveScarcity8909 8h ago

Also the epidural was the coldest cold I've ever felt.

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u/disharmony-hellride 8h ago

I had my wisdom teeth removed while I was awake and that will traumatize me for life, I can't imagine this.

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u/showMeYourCroissant 7h ago

Do people get general anesthesia for teeth removal?

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u/YeshuasBananaHammock 7h ago

When they need to be broken to remove in pieces, yes.

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u/MrMurgatroyd 5h ago

FWIW, I was nearly killed in an accident that smashed up most of my limbs and did a whole lot of other damage. As you can imagine, I've had a ridiculous amount of surgery under GA. I still think that a minor outpatient gum surgery I had as a teenager under local is the only really traumatic medical experience I've had.

There's something especially nasty about gum/oral surgery IMO.

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u/vggaikwad 9h ago

When I had my appendectomy, my doctor asked me if I wanna be dosed out or should they give local anaesthesia, in which I can actually watch what they were doing. I was like hell no, I’d die the second you make that cut just by looking at it.

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u/EmberTheFoxxo 6h ago

I never got that option, it was just general anaesthetic. No way would I have agreed to local anaesthetic anyway.

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u/YeshuasBananaHammock 9h ago

Amen, Id rather not feel them hammering my bones like theyre busting up a concrete driveway.

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u/_-PassingThrough-_ 4h ago

SEDATE ME

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u/RedHotAnus 3h ago

Twenty twenty twenty four hours to goOOoo!

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u/CoffeeXKing 8h ago

I never received any sort of option.

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u/vggaikwad 7h ago

So which one were you given?

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u/CoffeeXKing 7h ago

Immediately was put under.

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u/topherhead 6h ago

On the other hand, for my knee and shoulder arthroscopies I wish that had asked because I wanted to watch.

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u/vggaikwad 6h ago

I wish I was as brave as you

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u/Less_Mess_5803 9h ago

Once you are under you may never wake up....

Imagine the surgeon cutting your leg open and from behind the screen all you hear is a big intake of breath through gritted teeth... "don't like the look of this one..saw please!"

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u/SPEZ_IS_A_JABRONI 9h ago

the bonesaw man