Anethesia failing?

Question

Well I had lazy eye surgery on my eye when I was younger and the anethesia worked fine.

Now I need to get it again for my eye and I heard about anethesia failing and now it worries me.

What are the odds of it failing if it worked for me fine before?

Answer 1

Anesthesia rarely "fails", despite what Hollywood would have you believe.  The drugs work.

There are rare instances of awareness under anesthesia, but that's more likely if you're having an emergency C-section or undergoing trauma surgery.

Honestly, it's much more likely that the surgery will fail than the anesthesia.