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| 9. Do you use conscious sedation (anesthesia) in an outpatient setting when performing a vasectomy reversal? |
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| Many microsurgeons have used all the anesthetic techniques over the years but believe that their
patients feel better and have a more uneventful recovery when they have mild conscious sedation to
relax them and keep them comfortable during the reversal. There are occasions where general
anesthesia or a deeper sedation is preferred by the patient, but these are relatively infrequent. If you
desire a deeper level of anesthesia, this can be arranged as well. An additional benefit for mild
conscious sedation is the dramatically reduced cost to the patient, not having to pay for an
anesthesiologist to be in attendance and the very expensive medications. Throughout the procedure,
while receiving conscious sedation you can direct the level of relaxation you prefer, with most men
simply falling asleep and remaining asleep throughout the procedure. If you wish, you can choose to
watch the procedure on your video monitor. And after the surgery is over, you are ready to go
home or back to the hotel, feeling good (though perhaps a bit woozy).
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