Patient Awareness During Surgery Is Rare, Physicians Report

Don't Worry, You Probably Won't Wake Up While You're Being Operated On
close up of a nurse holding an...
close up of a nurse holding an...

It's hard to imagine anything much scarier than waking up during surgery and realizing what's going on. The bad news: It happens. The good news: Not very often -- at least, in Britain -- according to initial survey results detailed Tuesday in the journal Anaesthesia.

Popular in the Community

Close

HuffPost Shopping’s Best Finds

MORE IN LIFE