Any problems after general anesthesia - Page 1

Hello,
I plan to test my 1,5 year old Belgian Malinois for hip and elbow dysplasia. He has no health problems as I know and if I do it I will go to the best clinic in Moscow recommended by the breeder of my dog.
I read that dead after general anesthesia is around 0,3% for dogs, so I do not worry so much about it. But if I understood well there are other issues that my dog can have after this kind of test.
Does anyone ever had a bad experience? Which one? Or do I worry for nothing and everything might go very well?
Thank you for your answers.

Blood work before the dog goes under, every time, to make sure that the animal is healthy enough to undergo the procedure.
Anesthesia does have its risks, but, its performed millions of time a year. As long as you trust your vet and they have a good reputation for their work, you should be ok.

Why do general anesthesia? With General anesthesia they need to intubate the dog. Always a risk with general. Just do sedation and no intubation needed. I personally never sedate my dogs for hips/elbow xrays unless absolutely necessary.

Absolutely do blood work!

I have had many dogs go under for HD/ED as well as surgery etc. have never had an issue caused by the anesthesia.

I know it can happen, same as humans, but seems to be rare.

best,
Rik

A dog could have UNKNOWN issues going on that the blood work could alert to.

When I last took my American Bulldog in for routine teeth cleaning, the blood work alerted to the onset of kidney failure in my old guy. Had the blood work not been done my dog would not have survived going under. Needless to say he did not get his teeth cleaned. Granted this was an older dog, though it really drove home to me to ALWAYS do the blood work.

Several breeds are susceptible to kidney issues at a younger age, such as Shih Tsu's. So always better to be safe, than to be sorry.

The test does alert for more than just kidney issues. This was simply my first hand experience.

The OP did specifically ask about AFTER problems. I had forgotten about this...

In 2001 the little Fluffy dog I then had had his cornea severely scratched. We figure on some pig weed, a nasty sharp thorned plant. He did go under anesthesia for repair to his eye. Actually he went under twice. As he managed to further damage his eye even though wearing a cone, causing need for a second surgery.

For about 3 weeks, when called to come he would smartly trot off in the WRONG direction. No, he was not running away. This was a very obedient little dog. His little brain was simply addled/cross wired for a time after the second surgery. I quickly learned not to become excited when calling him, as he would simply speed up in the wrong direction trying to obey. Actually it came down to keep your mouth shut, or you will have even further to run after him.

As said, this lasted about 3 weeks. The issue eventually just went away upon its own accord.

So yes, I have had an AFTER anesthesia issue with a dog.

Thank everybody for your answers.
As @jettasmom said I think I miss understood, it is just a sedation. I think I will go to test my dog for dysplasia this month.
Again thank you very much.

Hanna..... oh do not general anesthesia. I’ve never had an issue either way.