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Anesthesia: Waking up during surgery

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November 26, 2015

Thanks to new drugs, equipment and monitoring options, anesthesia is now safer than ever. But people do sometimes wake up if the dosage of anesthetic wasn't high enough - often a traumatic experience.

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