Anesthesia, Resuscitation, and ICU: Q&A
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ambermason822, how old is your son? Did he have his phimosis surgery done under local anesthesia?
neonhawk24, if you ask me, it doesn't sound like anything too crazy was going on—maybe your tongue just kept getting in the way. They probably had to lift your lower jaw angle (the angulus mandibulae, right about below the ear) just to clear your airway after they extubated you (took the breathing tube out). That specific spot is pretty sensitive and can be quite painful with even a light touch...
2. A hysteroscopy is a much shorter procedure, so you might not have even been intubated at all. Instead, the anesthesiologist likely just held a mask over your face, and to make sure you were getting enough air, they’d press the mask down by tilting your lower jaw...
3. Even if they used an I-gel mask, they still have to manipulate the airway to open it up...
I'm thinking it's one of those things...
Look, I'm just an anesthesia technician—if you want a more technical or expert breakdown, you should definitely ask an anesthesiologist.
neonhawk24, if you ask me, it doesn't sound like anything too crazy was going on—maybe your tongue just kept getting in the way. They probably had to lift your lower jaw angle (the angulus mandibulae, right about below the ear) just to clear your airway after they extubated you (took the breathing tube out). That specific spot is pretty sensitive and can be quite painful with even a light touch...
2. A hysteroscopy is a much shorter procedure, so you might not have even been intubated at all. Instead, the anesthesiologist likely just held a mask over your face, and to make sure you were getting enough air, they’d press the mask down by tilting your lower jaw...
3. Even if they used an I-gel mask, they still have to manipulate the airway to open it up...
I'm thinking it's one of those things...
Look, I'm just an anesthesia technician—if you want a more technical or expert breakdown, you should definitely ask an anesthesiologist.