Need a doctor or anaesthetist advice please?

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I’m due to have surgery in a few week for a deviated septum, I will be having general anaesthetic, in the past I have had episodes of laryngospasm, I am worried that this will happen during surgery and I know this can be quiet a serve complication, what advice can you give me? Has this happened to anymore? I don’t know whether go ahead with the surgery or not?

absolutely no advice to give you
it’s ALL in the hands of the anaesthetist and surgeon

Is the op being done privately? If so, contact your surgeon and voice your concerns. Never so easy to contact anyone in the nhs but you will see the surgeon and anaesthetist before the procedure

Mention it to your anaesthetist on the day. They will handle it if it happens again.

You'll be intubated so it won't happen during the operation. It's a relatively uncommon problem after anaesthetics these days, but spotting it and managing it is our bread-and-butter. Even if it does happen perioperatively, it's not common for it to cause serious harm.

Im not a Dr or an anaesthetist but an anaesthetic/recovery nurse. Have you had a pre op assessment yet? If not, mention it to the nurse doing your appointment and see if they can get an anaesthetist to talk things through with you before you go in for your procedure as this will help put your mind at rest.

If you've already had your pre op assessment, or for whatever reason can't speak to an anaesthetist before you go into hospital, you will still speak to one on the morning of the surgery. Make sure they are aware of your history, and they should talk you through what they will do to prevent it.

If someone is at high risk of laryngospasm then everyone will be on high alert for it and the anaesthetist will stay with you afterwards until you are maintaining your own airway again- rather than hand you over to a recovery nurse straight away, so they are right there on hand to deal with it if it happens.

Good evening thank you all for your replies, I have spoken to the pre assessment nurse yesterday and they have put the op on hold, as it’s high risk if I have a laryngospasm episode during surgery, they want me to have some tests done first, then resume the op if they feel it is managed and safe to do so.