Medication or treatment that makes you lose feeling or awareness. Local anesthesia causes loss of feeling in a part of the body. General anesthesia puts you to sleep.
Anesthesia is often used in breast cancer surgery. Read more about what to expect with breast cancer surgery.
Audio contributed by: Judith Reichman, M.D.
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