One out of ten patients respond to commands under general anaesthetic

Some patients tell surgeons they feel pain when knocked out. But they don't remember it later. Photo: Getty

Authors of a new international study want to make one thing clear: None of the participants can remember a thing, not even those who communicated they were in pain at the time.

Which is good to know, because the study’s main finding was that one in ten participants “under planned general anaesthesia were able to respond to commands”.