How dangerous is general anesthesia for sinus surgery for otherwise healthy adult?

General anesthesia: General anesthesia is safe and essential for sinus surgery to control your airway and provide a field where your ENT surgeon can work. It is understandable to have worries about general anesthesia and talking with the anesthesia staff is encouraged.

Low risk: It is extremely unlikely that a generally healthy patient having minor surgery would die from general anesthesia performed by trained clinicians with access to modern medication and equipment. It is so unlikely that we are not sure of the exact risk, but we think it is 1 in 250000 anesthetics.

Very safe: The risk of general anesthesia (ga) is less than that of driving to the hospital to have the operation. Ga is thought to have a risk of death of one in 350, 000 cases or more. Advances in monitoring, medical training, drugs and support have greatley decreased the risk. The main concerns after ga are usually nausea and vomiting post operatively.