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Re:The agony and the ecstasy of deep brain stimulation surgery by rootusrootus on Monday June 21, 2021 @10:07PM (#27587194)
I'm not by any means an expert in this, but I'm relatively confident that patients undergoing such procedures aren't going in drug-free. Something like diazepam at least. My mother had fully awake surgery on her eyes, and that's pretty much what they did. She was awake, but they gave her something that made her completely ambivalent about the procedure. Zero anxiety.
Re:The agony and the ecstasy of deep brain stimulation surgery by animal531 on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @09:28AM (#27591326)
Yeah, I also got something and mine was for a back operation (not awake at all). It makes handling the patients a lot easier I guess.