whats more dangerous general anesthesia or local?

Question

is being knocked out for a surgery or being awake under local safer?

Answer 1

Yep, general is the most dangerous. Whenever possible, try to get a local! You're not actually "awake" with a local...it's called "twilight sleep"...you will lose consciousness. (it's a great trip too!! *woo hooo*)

Answer 2

If you are talking straight local anesthesia, without sedation, the local would be expected to be safer as long as toxic doses of local anesthetic are not used.

If you are comparing local anesthesia with sedation vs. general anesthesia, there is actually no difference in safety, largely because there are a lot of untrained people giving sedation who really don't have a clue as to what they are doing, and they tend to make people stop breathing and then don't know what to do about it.

Answer 3

Depends on the operation. If it is something quite small then local anaesthetic is by far the best, but for major ops usually general aneasthetic is better. Local anaesthetic is never the less safer.

Answer 4

general anesthesia is more dangerous because it has a systemic effect on the body. being put on sedation also puts you in the risk aspiration (choking) because your throat muscles are relaxed and there's always the possibility your central nervous system (CNS) will get too depressed that you won't wake up.

Answer 5

general is just numbing of area
local is sleep during procedure
if go for latter then will have anethatist present keeping watch on vital signs
so both perfectly safe

Answer 6

General by far. You have to have an anesthesiologist present for that to monitor your heart rate and pulse, etc.