Monitors Don't Stop Patients From Waking

March 12, 2008 By LINDA A. JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Patients say it feels like being trapped in a corpse: They wake up during surgery, unable to move or scream. Some remember hearing their surgeons talk, and a few recall feeling intense pain.

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