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Will no sleep the night before surgery affect the anesthesia?

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Anxiety before surg: Your lack of sleep the night before surgery should not affect anesthesia. However, please inform the team during preop and let them know about your anxiety and/or lack of sleep. Best of luck.

Answered 7/11/2016

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