Study finds general anaesthetic has same impact on infant brains as local anaesthetic

By Rania Spooner
Updated May 13 2016 - 10:13am, first published May 1 2016 - 10:00pm

The largest study ever into the impact of general anaesthetic on babies has found it is no more damaging to their brains than local anaesthetic at two years old, but the longer-term effects are not yet known.

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