Local anesthesia is mostly chosen for axillary lymph node biopsy, so general anesthesia is not necessary. However, each case is analyzed on its own merits.
Axillary lymph nodes belong to the body’s superficial lymph nodes, take a biopsy compared to the body’s deep lymph nodes is easier, so generally in the clinical choice of local anesthesia, rarely choose general anesthesia. For children who can not cooperate, or also need to do other parts of the patient requires general anesthesia surgery, general anesthesia can be taken under biopsy.
Pathologic biopsy is one of the commonly used means of diagnosing diseases, which can clarify the benign or malignant nature of lesions and is the gold standard for diagnosing diseases. After the biopsy, it is recommended that the biopsy site for regular drug changes, but also to keep the site clean and dry, maintain good habits, pay attention to rest, light diet, conducive to the recovery of trauma.