What is Anesthesia Awareness?
Anesthesia awareness, which is also referred to as unintended awareness under general anesthesia, is a rare complication of surgery. Typically, general anesthesia ensures that you are both unconscious and paralyzed during surgery. Anesthesia awareness happens when you become aware of your surroundings during the procedure.
Approximately one to two patients per 1,000 experience some level of anesthesia awareness, ranging from being able to recall words spoken by staff to experiencing the duration of the surgery awake but paralyzed.
