What are the risks of general anesthesia?

Many risks: But fortunately they are rare. Among the risks are nausea or vomiting, muscle soreness, a sore throat, constipation, headaches, and very rarely allergic reactions or life threatening reactions to anesthetic agents. Death is rare but can happen.

Major risks: Include stroke and heart attack. Minor issues are nausea, pain, disorientation. Consider that you come to the operating room with an entire medical history. Any issues you may have create a potential risk. Your anesthesiologist will manage your needs with an individualized anesthetic. Overall risk is typically very low.

Minimal: There are some risks associated with general anesthesia, but they are minimal. The risk of dying under anesthesia is about one in 350, 000. It is much more likely that a patient will die driving to the hospital for their surgery. Several other risks, including nausea and vomiting and poor pain control, are also concerns, but they can be managed by a trained anesthesiologist.

Low to high risks: Old saying in medicine. There are no small procedures only small surgeons. Same about anesthesia. Any anesthetic no matter how minor call become a major complication due to medical problems of the or, surgical complications, drug interactions, and technical failures of the sophisticated technology. Over 99% of the time it all turns out well.