Dr. Steven Yang
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An increasing number of people are choosing to be awake for certain surgical procedures in an effort to avoid general anesthesia and the postoperative side effects of sedation, CBS New York鈥檚 Dr. Max Gomez reports.
At 嘿嘿视频, orthopedic surgeons have developed a wide awake hand surgery program with a dedicated operating room space at the to meet this growing demand.
For some people, wide awake hand surgery be a more convenient option because they don鈥檛 have to undergo tests or fast prior to surgery and can go home soon after without an escort, explains , an orthopedic surgeon at 嘿嘿视频鈥檚 Hand Center.
鈥淧atients are often asked to get blood tests, have an EKG, a chest X-ray, so in our cases where we do those procedures wide awake patients don鈥檛 need to do that. There鈥檚 no pre-op testing,鈥 Dr. Yang tells CBS New York.
He points out that wide awake hand surgery may not be an option for all patients considering hand surgery, but for two of his patients interviewed in the segment, they report positive experiences.
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