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Re:Deaths at a California skydiving center, but the jumps go on by foxyv on Thursday April 04, 2024 @04:31PM (#39935455)
Surgery has gotten a lot safer in the last couple decades however, there are still risks. General anesthesia used to be ten times more dangerous than it is now but it's still not zero.
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Re:Deaths at a California skydiving center, but the jumps go on by jefftk on Thursday April 04, 2024 @05:00PM (#39935751)
Why would you use general anesthesia for bunion removal? Wouldn't local be fine?
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Re:Deaths at a California skydiving center, but the jumps go on by pugworthy on Thursday April 04, 2024 @06:14PM (#39936461)
You might want to read up on what it is. It’s not like scraping a callus off the side of your foot.

Even mild may involve removal of bone and realignment of muscles, tendons, and ligaments surrounding the joint.

Source: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-t...

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Re:Deaths at a California skydiving center, but the jumps go on by jefftk on Thursday April 04, 2024 @07:57PM (#39937269)
Your link has: "Most bunion surgery is performed under ankle block anesthesia, in which your foot is numb, but you are awake. Occasionally, general or spinal anesthesia is used."
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Re:Deaths at a California skydiving center, but the jumps go on by foxyv on Thursday April 04, 2024 @05:12PM (#39935868)
I do not know. But they do according the source I linked.
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