Can general anesthesia be achieved with inhaled anesthesia alone?

Can general anesthesia be achieved with inhaled anesthesia alone?

Samuel Seelig (Anesthesiologist, Los Angeles, California) gives expert video advice on: Can general anesthesia be achieved with inhaled anesthesia alone?; How do inhaled anesthetics enter the blood stream? and more...

General anesthesia can be achieved with inhalational anesthesia alone, but it is not the first choice. The inhalational agents do not have significant pain-relieving properties. If you do a purely inhalation anaesthetic, the patient will wake up in pain and in extremist as if it is a invasive surgical procedure.