Anesthesia is a set of techniques that allows the realization of a surgical, obstetrical or medical act by suppressing or attenuating the pain. There are 2 main types of anesthesia: general anesthesia and loco-regional anesthesia.
During interventions on the hands and arms, many options are available for anesthesia, which includes two main types:
It is during the pre-operative anesthesia consultation that the anesthesiologist will determine, with your agreement, the type of anesthesia most appropriate.
Hand and arm surgery can be used to treat conditions that affect:
Hand surgery is in most cases performed under loco-regional anesthesia where only the affected limb is anesthetized. The duration of this anesthesia depends essentially on the type of product used and the volume injected and can vary from a few hours to 24 hours.
This intervention consists of injecting a local anesthetic in contact with one or more nerves concerned. This creates a blockage of the nerve communication between the hand and the brain and by extension, a paralysis and insensitivity of the limb. Local anesthesia is a reversible action since the local anesthetic will be resorbed by the body.
When a general anesthesia is essential ( for instance, for shoulder surgery), it is possible to combine it with a loco-regional anesthesia. This association allows:
In this configuration, the loco-regional anesthesia is in fact a loco-regional analgesia. It does not aim to cut off the transmission of all nerve messages but only the transmission of the painful message. The big difference is that you do not feel the pain but you can mobilize your sleeping limb.
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