Having surgery is a big deal, no matter who you are. If you need surgery for a disease, what is your biggest concern or worry? Many large hospitals in developed countries have conducted social surveys on this issue. The results found that the top two concerns are: safety of life, and the effectiveness of treatment. This tells us that when a person needs to have surgery to cure a disease, most people’s biggest worry is not what disease they have, because these have been solved before the planned surgery. Instead, the biggest fear when faced with surgery is whether it will be painful and whether their life will be safe, and this fear even outweighs apprehension about the outcome of the surgery. Of course, different population analyses have also found that a person’s educational experience, social status, level of medical knowledge, mental type, and so on, also influence the focus of the problem of worry and apprehension. For example, a university professor or doctor who operates on his or her own is likely to be more concerned about the effectiveness of the treatment, whereas a patient with very little cultural knowledge is more worried about the pain and safety of his or her life. It is the task of the anesthesiologist to perform the surgery painlessly, minimize complications after the surgery, and allow the patient to have a safe and smooth recovery. Because we are invisible in the operating room every day, we have very little contact with you or your family and friends, thus contributing to society’s mystique of anesthesia. The history of anesthesiology is the history of modern medicine. Surgery has been practiced for hundreds of years, perhaps thousands of years if we include legends such as Guan Gong’s bone-scraping and Hua Tuo’s attempt to open Cao Cao’s brain to cure his illnesses. These are just a few examples, the real mass adoption of surgery to cure diseases is only a few decades. Why is it that in the previous centuries, there were already knives, scissors and other tools, but not a large number of surgeries? The resistance came from two major sources, one was that the patient’s pain could not be safely resolved, severe pain by itself was enough to cause death, and deep anesthesia could cause the patient to die from brain damage, respiratory arrest, and cardiac arrest. The second is that bleeding from surgery can kill. The greatest advancement in medicine in the 20th century was the availability of modern anesthesia and blood transfusion techniques, which completely solved these problems and contributed to the rapid development of surgical medicine, which is known as two of the four great advances of the 20th century. Nowadays, anesthesia techniques are already very safe, and the probability of serious dangerous events is extremely low. The direct anesthesia mortality rate has been reduced to 1/200,000 in developed countries and in our large hospitals. Anesthesia techniques and methods are also very effective and can be painless during surgery. However, although the probability of risk is extremely low, the consequences of anesthesia in the event of a serious event are often extremely serious, and can be described as either death or disability. This is why finding a good hospital to do your anesthesia is an extremely important matter. Before the surgery, we will design an optimal anesthesia plan for you, taking into account your condition and surgical requirements. This is based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors such as hospital conditions and the skill level of the doctor. Generally speaking, the commonly used anesthesia techniques fall into two main categories, one is local anesthesia and the other is general anesthesia. Local anesthesia has a limited scope of application, but the risk to your life is small. Some people may have difficulty in accepting it because of nervousness, etc. We can give you a sedative after anesthesia to make you sleep during the operation, so that you can get the maximum benefit and the minimum risk. General anesthesia can be used for any procedure, but it can be very risky for people with severe breathing problems, and some subabdominal procedures may do more harm than good. Therefore, it is important to follow the advice of your anesthesiologist on how to choose an anesthesia plan. If you have any special requests, you should make them in time before the anesthesia, and we will try to satisfy them with careful explanations within the scope of medical principles.