The doctor returned to amputate Pakhi Begum's legs, using local anesthesia.

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And also there's no anesthesia, I mean, we - I sutured so many patients in the emergency room, like hundreds of them without any local anesthesia because simply we don't have it.

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An alternative type of laryngoplasty involves injection of purified fats, Gelfoam, collagen or alloderm tissues such as Cymetra which may be performed in a clinic setting under local anesthesia or occasionally under general anesthesia.

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He decided to walk to the local hospital, where, as an anesthesia specialist, he spent most of his daytime hours.

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They came up with a plan for anesthesia based on research studies including giving certain pain medications before the patient entered the operating room and using spinal anesthesia plus an injection of local anesthetic to block the main nerve to the knee.

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