Why the study?
Does conscious sedation allow successful reduction of dislocated hip prostheses in the emergency department?
Population
101 consecutive patients presenting to the emergency department with a dislocated hip prosthesis
Comparison
Reduction attempted using conscious sedation vs Equivalent group requiring general anaesthesia
Design
Cohort
Authors
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May support conscious sedation for ED prosthetic hip reduction; leaves open randomized confirmation versus general anesthesia.
Does conscious sedation allow successful reduction of dislocated hip prostheses in the emergency department?
Reduction of isolated unilateral prosthetic hip dislocation using conscious sedation in the emergency department is safe, has a reasonable success rate, and is faster than awaiting general anaesthesia.
Frymann et al. (2005) studied this question.
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