A prospective randomized comparison of spinal versus local anesthesia with propofol infusion for knee arthroscopy

• Published in: Arthroscopy Vol. 22; no. 5; p. 479
• Main Authors: Dunn, Warren R, Cordasco, Frank A, Flynn, Erin, Jules, Kethy, Gordon, Michael, Liguori, Gregory
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2006
• Subjects: Anesthesia Recovery Period; Anesthesia, Local; Anesthesia, Spinal; Anesthetics, Combined; Anesthetics, Intravenous - administration & dosage; Anesthetics, Local; Arthroscopy; Back Pain - etiology; Female; Headache - etiology; Humans; Hypnotics and Sedatives; Injections, Intra-Articular; Knee Joint - surgery; Lidocaine; Male; Mepivacaine; Middle Aged; Pain, Postoperative; Propofol - administration & dosage

Knee arthroscopy is the most common orthopaedic procedure performed in the United States, and there are few randomized studies comparing local anesthesia, in conjunction with propofol, with regional anesthesia for knee arthroscopy. The purpose of the study was to test the hypothesis that patients re...