Recovery after total intravenous general anaesthesia or spinal anaesthesia for total knee arthroplasty: a randomized trial

• Published in: British journal of anaesthesia : BJA Vol. 111; no. 3; pp. 391 - 399
• Main Authors: Harsten, A, Kehlet, H, Toksvig-Larsen, S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.09.2013
• Subjects: Aged; Anestesi och intensivvård; Anesthesia Recovery Period; Anesthesia, General - methods; Anesthesia, General - statistics & numerical data; Anesthesia, Intravenous; Anesthesia, Local; Anesthesia, Spinal - methods; Anesthesia, Spinal - statistics & numerical data; Anesthesiology and Intensive Care; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee - methods; Bupivacaine; Clinical Medicine; Female; Humans; Klinisk medicin; Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data; Male; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Patient Satisfaction - statistics & numerical data; Piperidines; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Propofol; Sweden - epidemiology; Sweden; i.v; anaesthetic techniques; subarachnoid; outcome

This study was undertaken to compare the effects of general anaesthesia (GA) and spinal anaesthesia (SA) on the need for postoperative hospitalization and early postoperative comfort in patients undergoing fast-track total knee arthroplasty (TKA). One hundred and twenty subjects were randomly alloca...