Why the study?
Does spinal anesthesia reduce thirty-day perioperative morbidity and mortality compared to general anesthesia in patients undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty?
Population
14,052 patients who underwent primary total knee arthroplasty between 2005 and 2010 identified from the…
Comparison
Spinal anesthesia vs General anesthesia
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30 days
Authors
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Spinal anesthesia was associated with modestly fewer TKA complications; leaves open whether it should be preferred pending randomized trials.
Does spinal anesthesia reduce thirty-day perioperative morbidity and mortality compared to general anesthesia in patients undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty?
Spinal anesthesia is associated with a small but significant reduction in short-term complications compared to general anesthesia in patients undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty, particularly in those with multiple comorbidities.
Pugely et al. (2013) studied this question.
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