September 19, 2025Open Access

Efficient and Safe Outpatient Shoulder Arthroplasty Using Isolated Regional Anesthesia: A Retrospective Cohort Study

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Retrospective cohort study shows high ambulatory discharge rates and low anesthesia complications with regional anesthesia for shoulder surgery.

Ambulatory discharge success rate was achieved in 95.9% of patients undergoing outpatient shoulder arthroplasty.
Conversion to general anesthesia was required in only 1.2% of cases, indicating efficacy of the regional anesthesia method.
Mean post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) stay was 57.4 minutes, highlighting efficient recovery times.
Overall, this approach demonstrates feasibility for high-throughput outpatient surgical centers.

Al-Marei et al. (2025) studied this question.

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Retrospective cohort study shows high ambulatory discharge rates and low anesthesia complications with regional anesthesia for shoulder surgery.