How to Use general anesthesia in a Sentence

general anesthesia

noun

• The grape wasn't moving on its own, which meant general anesthesia and surgery for the 5-year-old.
  — Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeeping, 7 Apr. 2017
• Biden did not go under general anesthesia and as such the 25th Amendment was not invoked and the president stayed in charge, the White House said.
  — Ben Gittleson, ABC News, 12 June 2023
• The donor is given general anesthesia, and needles are inserted through the skin, into the bone to draw the marrow out.
  — Mayo Clinic News Network, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2019
• The level found in his blood was about the same quantity as would be used during general anesthesia.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• Musk promised that the surgery would only take about an hour, wouldn't require general anesthesia, and the recipient can go home with their implant the same day.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 29 Aug. 2020
• Tazz was covered in bandages and had to return to the vet every five days to have her dressings changed under general anesthesia.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Nov. 2022
• And those who give directly from the bone are under general anesthesia and not clutching a pillow like poor Izzy.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
• And the general anesthesia required for the surgery comes with its own complications.
  — Brianna Lewis, Glamour, 26 Apr. 2021
• Once again, ultrasound provides a solution, the use of nerve blocks in place of general anesthesia.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2020
• What’s more, risks climb with time spent under general anesthesia.
  — Jolene Edgar, Allure, 16 July 2018
• The procedure takes only about two or three minutes, Obeng says, and patients don't have to be put under general anesthesia for it.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2022
• He was released from the hospital one day after the surgery, during which he was placed under general anesthesia.
  — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
• However, once a person is past infancy, the surgery may require general anesthesia and may take weeks to heal.
  — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 29 Dec. 2018
• The teen was put under general anesthesia, and using forceps, the quarter was removed, per the New England Journal of Medicine report.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
• It’s done under general anesthesia, but the patient is generally able to go home an hour or two after surgery.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 4 Oct. 2021
• If a regional block or general anesthesia is used, you will be asked to stop eating on the midnight before the operation.
  — Oluseun Olufade, Verywell Health, 1 May 2024
• Doctors tell patients to stop eating before surgeries that require general anesthesia because of the risk it could be vomited up and end up in the lungs.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2024
• The procedure took place under general anesthesia and I was treated with great care and compassion.
  — Kate Norris, Time, 24 May 2018
• Although cleaning and dressing wounds is not usually considered surgery, in Nicholas' case the task takes at least two hours and requires general anesthesia.
  — Mark Johnson and Kathleen Gallagher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2010
• Francis underwent three hours of surgery under general anesthesia the evening of July 4, and later that night was described by the Holy See as having responded well.
  — Fox News, 11 July 2021
• It's done in an hourlong surgery under general anesthesia.
  — Marilynn Marchione, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2020
• The surgery Brooks is having requires general anesthesia.
  — Lee Roop, AL.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• All of this happened under general anesthesia, and the donor would typically spend one to two nights in a hospital for observation.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
• The procedure is done under general anesthesia, but most patients are discharged the same day unless there are medical reasons for a longer stay in the hospital, Dr. Gupta says.
  — Claire Gillespie, SELF, 18 Jan. 2018
• Depending on the aims of the surgery and other factors, the procedure may involve local, regional, or general anesthesia.
  — Stuart Hershman, Verywell Health, 27 June 2023
• The Vatican said there were no complications during the three-hour surgery, which required Francis to be under general anesthesia.
  — Nicole Winfield, Trisha Thomas and Maria Cheng, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2023
• That then takes place at a surgical center, where you’ll be put under general anesthesia or conscious sedation.
  — Pamela Tsigdinos, Marie Claire, 1 Oct. 2018
• For the sperm, this usually entails a man masturbating into a plastic cup; for the eggs, this step takes place in an operating room and involves painkillers and often general anesthesia.
  — Popular Science, 24 Aug. 2020
• The pope was placed under general anesthesia during his surgery, as doctors repaired a hernia with the insertion of a prosthetic support netting.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 10 June 2023
• The medical team rushed to put Thierry under general anesthesia.
  — Marina Starleaf Riker, ExpressNews.com, 14 Jan. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024