Anesthesia and anesthetic methods are commonly used in knee ligament reconstruction surgery

Posted by Doctor Dinh Van Loc - Department of General Surgery, Vinmec Da Nang International General Hospital

Before surgery, the doctor will discuss with the patient about the most appropriate anesthetic or anesthetic method for the surgery.

Anesthesia methods applied in knee ligament arthroplasty include:
Spinal anesthesia :
Used when there is no contraindication to anesthesia; Spinal anesthesia is an injection of numbing medicine into the lumbar spine, after 5-10 minutes of injection, the drug has an effect on your legs, you can't move and lose pain, the doctor will operate for you, during the surgery. you are still awake but no pain, spinal anesthesia has a short duration of 2-3 hours, so there is no lasting pain relief effect, so when the anesthetic effect wears off, you will feel pain soon, so you need to use it. analgesic.

Spinal anesthesia combined with epidural analgesia (with a nylon thread inserted into the epidural space):
The advantage of this method is that after surgery you will be given a continuous anesthetic anesthetic through the line. Epidural threading helps you relieve pain after surgery for a longer time than spinal anesthesia, this is a method of combined anesthesia widely used and has good analgesic effect after surgery today for lower extremity surgeries. such as knee replacement , hip replacement and knee ligament reconstruction ....
Both methods of anesthesia mentioned above after surgery you will be able to exercise and eat light again sooner than general anesthesia .

General anesthesia is an anesthetic that uses anesthetics to help you sleep, relax your muscles, and be pain-free during a procedure or surgery. Medicines are given through your veins or possibly a gas that is inhaled (anesthesia) through your airways. Anesthesiologists often use both inhaled and intravenous anesthetics together. A breathing tube may be placed down your throat after you sleep. Instead, you can wear a mask over your nose and mouth. The breathing tube or mask will be hooked up to oxygen and monitored by the anesthesiologists. The anesthesiologist will also monitor your blood pressure, heart rate, and breathing rate during the procedure. The anesthesiologist may need to give you enough medicine to keep you asleep during surgery. After anesthesia you will wake up, but you still feel sleepy, dizzy and sometimes nauseous, so your movement and eating after surgery will be slower than under anesthesia. After anesthesia, the doctor must give you pain medicine sooner than the anesthetic.
And the problem of anesthesia and your many surgeries in the past will affect your health in the future.

Currently the anesthetics used at Vinmec International General Hospital are very good drugs: fast acting and fast elimination, fewer side effects than previous anesthetics, after anesthesia you will wake up. faster.
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