Key result
Lumbar epidural anesthesia with 2-chloroprocaine (133 mins) or lidocaine (182 mins) resulted in significantly shorter sensory anesthesia duration than mepivacaine (247 mins; P<0.05).
Why the study?
Do chloroprocaine and lidocaine decrease hospital stay and admission rate compared to mepivacaine after outpatient epidural anesthesia?
Do chloroprocaine and lidocaine decrease hospital stay and admission rate compared to mepivacaine after outpatient epidural anesthesia?
Absolute Event Rate: 133% vs 247%
p-value: p=<0.05
Chloroprocaine and lidocaine are preferable to mepivacaine for outpatient epidural anesthesia due to shorter recovery and discharge times.
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Shorter duration with chloroprocaine or lidocaine may aid outpatient recovery; hypothesis-generating for effects on stay or admissions.
Kopacz et al. (1990) studied Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) (n=84). 3% 2-chloroprocaine or 1.5% lidocaine vs. 1.5% mepivacaine was evaluated on Total duration of sensory anesthesia (p=<0.05). Lumbar epidural anesthesia with 2-chloroprocaine (133 mins) or lidocaine (182 mins) resulted in significantly shorter sensory anesthesia duration than mepivacaine (247 mins; P<0.05).
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