Why General Anesthesia for Breast Surgery

General anesthesia is also known as general anesthesia. Not all breast surgeries require general anesthesia, when the removed breast mass is relatively large and breast cancer surgeries require general anesthesia, small breast masses can be local anesthesia. Breast surgery can choose local anesthesia or general anesthesia, it does not mean that all breast surgeries need general anesthesia, it is necessary to choose the appropriate anesthesia according to the specific method of breast surgery. Local anesthesia is usually used for small breast lumps, such as breast fibroids, which are usually treated with local anesthesia. Breast fibroids are operated on the surface of the breasts, which is a kind of minor surgery, and subcutaneous infiltration anesthesia of the mammary glands with lidocaine can be used, which does not require general anesthesia to deal with them. Breast cancer surgery requires general anesthesia, such as breast cancer patients, under intravenous compound anesthesia for breast cancer modified radical surgery, the operation time is longer, the patient needs to cooperate with the operation, general anesthesia to deal with. Local anesthesia has a limited amount of anesthetics, the anesthesia effect is relatively poor, and is not suitable for breast cancer surgery. When the breast is found to have disease, it is recommended to go to the regular hospital for examination and treatment.