• What does anesthesia do to the lungs?

I will have surgery under general anesthesia. What does anesthesia do to the lungs?

2 Answers

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Charleston, West Virginia

Nothing permanent. The is some closure of the small air sacs while under anesthesia but that normalizes when awake

  • Surgeon
  • Ansonia, CT

Cause atelectasis/collapse.

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