In rare surgery cases, patients may experience a distressing phenomenon known as anesthesia awareness. Anesthesia awareness involves regaining consciousness during surgery, potentially leading to heightened pain, fear and psychological trauma. How Rare is Anesthesia Awareness? Anesthesia awareness is a real condition and is believed to affect one in every 1,000 surgical patients. It happens when a patient under general anesthesia is still aware of their surroundings and sensations during the procedure. Considering more than 51 million inpatient surgical procedures are…