Mountaindewed, I don't know what kind of surgery you're having, but I've had two surgeries under general anaesthesia and they do not intubate you. Intubation is for when people can't breathe on their own, and that doesn't happen because of surgery unless the patient is critically ill and/responds poorly to the anaesthetic or something. It's definitely not standard. They put a mask on you to deliver oxygen, I think (the anaesthetic gave me amnesia for the part before I was put under in the OR and for a few minutes after I woke up). Intubation is an absolute last resort for people who can't breathe as it's really hard on the body. Iirc, they said my breathing was actually a bit off during the first surgery, but they still didn't intubate and just made sure I was getting enough oxygen.

I did once have a procedure where a camera was sent down my throat into my stomach, but I have no memory of it due to the sedation. My throat didn't hurt or anything when I woke up, though.