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Are patients usually get put to sleep for arthroscopic ankle surgery?
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surgery: Usually patients are put to sleep for this procedure because it be quite uncomfortable. That being said it could be performed with IV sedation and a peripheral nerve block if needed.
Answered 6/10/2014
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