The anesthesiologist was a 60-year-old woman who was undergoing appendectomy in the hospital. Anesthesiologist 10 missed the needle and finally called someone else. In the meantime,

That's not an injection, but a puncture under spinal anesthesia. Puncture itself is risky and difficult, because everyone's anatomical structure is different, especially the elderly, and it is often difficult to puncture or even fail after many attempts. In fact, there are few sequelae of spinal anesthesia, mainly permanent nerve injury, which is not directly related to the difficulty of anesthesia puncture and the number of attempts. That is to say, it may be difficult to anesthetize, but it does not necessarily mean that patients with difficult anesthesia have a high risk of serious sequelae after surgery. On the contrary, anesthesia may be smooth, but problems may occur after operation. There are many adverse reactions after operation, such as low intracranial pressure headache, pain at puncture site, infection and even transient nervous system symptoms, but most of them can be quickly eliminated after operation or symptomatic treatment. For example, "low back pain" may occur, which is generally caused by local injury at the puncture site. This situation will be better after the damage is repaired and the inflammatory reaction is eliminated. Don't worry too much.

One of your main concerns is "10 needle didn't go in" and the other is "find someone else to call". The first one, as I said before, is normal to try many times if it is difficult to puncture. However, specific to each hospital or region, there may be regulations in departments, hospitals or local medical institutions, that is, operators should be changed or anesthesia methods should be changed after multiple puncture attempts. Well, if you have certain negative consequences such as excessive puncture times and certain injuries, and there are specific regulations, then you can raise objections and complaints.

The other is to "find someone else", which is actually normal and correct in clinic. After the operation failed, the first thing to do was to ask others for help. This other person can be a colleague or a superior doctor. Of course, "others" also need to have medical qualifications.

In the final analysis, in fact, the difficulty of anesthesia will indeed bring some adverse effects to patients and their families. Your mood is understandable and normal, but your experience may not be regarded as "responsibility" or even "accident", nor is it "safeguarding rights and interests".