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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
Volume 11, Issue 19, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jcm11195771
Keywords
arthroplasty; chloroprocaine; perioperative outcome; spinal anaesthesia
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon
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This study describes the perioperative outcomes of total hip and knee replacement surgeries performed under fixed dose chloroprocaine spinal anesthesia. The anesthesia duration was sufficient for successful surgery and approximately 45% of patients experienced postoperative pain in the post-anesthesia care unit. Despite this, the incidence of complications such as nausea and urinary retention was low and all patients were able to start physical therapy on the same day of surgery.
Spinal anaesthesia is an established component of perioperative management for fast-track lower limbs arthroplasty. Short-acting local anaesthetics may present an interesting option for primary non-complicated knee (TKA) and hip (THA) arthroplasty. We describe the perioperative outcomes in patients operated under fixed 50 mg spinal chloroprocaine for total hip and knee replacement. In this retrospective case series study, 65 patients were analysed (median age 65 years, 55% females, benefit from THA (n = 31), TKA (n = 25), and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (n = 9)). In all cases, anaesthesia duration (87 min) was sufficient for successful surgery (52 min). Up to 45% of patients (THA and less in TKA) developed postoperative pain in the post-anaesthesia care unit (PACU), requiring intravenous morphine titration (up to 7.5 mg). One patient developed severe breakthrough pain requiring advanced regional analgesia. The median PACU stay was up to 97 min (less in TKA), and the incidence of nausea and urinary retention was low. All patients were able to start physical therapy on the same day of surgery. These findings encourage the use of a short-acting agent for spinal anaesthesia in patients with primary non-complicated arthroplasty; however, the relay analgesia should be systematically implemented to avoid breakthrough pain in PACU.
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