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A 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 Jenkins answered

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.

Dr Pizzo and another doctor agreed

Answered 1/25/2016

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