• Do you breathe on your own under general anesthesia?

I will have hernia surgery under general anesthesia and it's my very first surgery. Do you breathe on your own under general anesthesia?

2 Answers

  • Anesthesiologist | Pain Medicine
  • Pompano beach, FL

Often, we must paralyze you to place a breathing tube and to allow for relaxation of your muscles for surgery. Therefore, you are under mechanical ventilation.

Dr. Kush Tripathi

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Brooklyn, NY

Typically no, the machine breathes for you for 90% of the case. You start breathing on your own at the end when everything is almost done.

Boris Yaguda, M.D.

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