A 39-year-old member asked:
Could someone had before a tonsillectomy when he was 7 can have any complications from general anaesthesia ?
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Dr. William Jenkinsanswered
Specializes in Anesthesiology
Since the anesthesia: As a child most of the anesthetic medications and monitoring have changed and are safer. Your health has possibly changed. The fact that you did well as a child has some relevance for adverse or allergic reactions.
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