Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
3-9-2023
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: As bundle payment care initiatives become ever prevalent in total knee arthroplasty (TKA), institutions have increasingly focused on cost-saving measures which maintain or improve upon the standard of care. One area of interest is identifying potential modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors. Here we evaluate the correlations of general versus spinal anesthesia in TKAs in perioperative outcomes. METHODS: All primary TKAs between 7/1/2013 to 12/31/2017 were obtained retrospectively from a prospective institutional database utilized for contribution to a state-wide joint arthroplasty database. Prospective data includes baseline demographics, select medical comorbidities, intraoperative variables and postoperative course/complications. Patients were separated into two cohorts based on anesthetic type: general or spinal anesthesia. Patients receiving both or neither anesthetic were excluded from the study. Cohorts were compared utilizing Student’s unpaired t-test for continuous variables and χ2 test for categorical variables. p
Recommended Citation
Penvose I, Huetteman HE, Feng J, Runner R, Moore DD, Karadsheh MS. Assessing general vs. spinal anesthesia as a risk factor for 90-day emergency department visits status-post index total knee arthroplasty: a retrospective case control study. Presented at: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons AAOS 2023 Annual Meeting; 2023 Mar 7-11; Las Vegas, NV. Available from: https://index.mirasmart.com/AAOS2023/PDFfiles/AAOS2023-009049.PDF
Comments
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons AAOS 2023 Annual Meeting, March 7-11, 2023, Las Vegas, NV