Is anesthesia used during knee arthroscopy?

Always: Some surgeons have great success with "local" anesthesia and intravenous sedation, others prefer light general and local anesthesia in combination, sometimes regional anesthesia is the best option. This question is an appropriate one for your own surgeon and i'm sure he/she will welcome it!

Yes: Your options are general, spinal, or local with sedation. Discuss with your anesthesiologist.

Yes: The procedure is done under either regional anesthesia (epidural usually) or a general anesthetic.

Many choices: There are 3 choices. General, regional and local with sedation. General means you get IV medicine to make you fall asleep then either a breathing tube inserted into your trachea or a tube with a little rubber mask goes into the mouth to dispense gas to keep you sleeping. A quick acting spinal injection can be used. Or, IV sedation is given with a local injection of numbing medicine into the knee.