Is anesthesia always necessary for my dog to have surgery? - Animal Hospital of Statesville
There’s local and general anesthesia. So any type of surgical or painful procedure, we would want to use some type of local, topical, IV, or general anesthesia. And part of the anesthesia benefit is to not have them moving.
Contributed by Nichola Gaither
from Animal Hospital of Statesville


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