The words tijera and tijeras can be used interchangeably in Spanish to refer to a single pair of scissors.
Both IV sedation (twilight) and general anesthesia are used commonly for cosmetic or plastic surgery. Regardless of technique, the patient's vital signs must be monitored, which include but not limited to heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing rate.
Intravenous (IV) regional anesthesia is a technique whereby local anesthesia medication is injected into a vein, and then infiltrates out into the soft tissue to provide anesthesia to the whole arm. First, a needle is placed into a vein, and then the blood is removed from the extremity by use of a rubber bandage wrapped from the fingers to the upper arm.