Anxiety is particularly important, because it has the potential to affect all aspects of anesthesia such as preoperative visit, induction, perioperative, and recovery periods [2, 3].

Can anxiety cause anesthesia to not work?

Anesthesiologists felt that high levels of patients' anxiety may decrease the success rate of the block. Patients' anxiety was previously found to increase the failure rate of regional anesthesia. This could be due to the direct effect of patients' anxiety on their anxiety and confidence in performing the block.

Can I get surgery if I have anxiety?

Symptoms of Surgery Anxiety

While surgical anxiety is very common, the symptoms can be unpleasant. Your anxiety symptoms may interfere with your ability to relax before surgery. That could, in turn, hamper your recovery efforts after the surgery.