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Leg And Muscle Pain From Anesthesia After Hysterectomy
Anesthesia is the delivery of medicine to prevent you from feeling pain during surgery and other medical or dental procedures.
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Anesthesia may be given to you by a special doctor called an anesthesiologist or other health care provider. There are three main forms of anesthesia:
- Local anesthesia
- Regional anesthesia
- General anesthesia
Local anesthesia numbs only the part of your body that is hurt or being worked on. You are awake, but won't feel any pain. Most of the time, a needle...
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