Does Total Intravenous Anesthesia With Short-acting Spinal Anesthetics in Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Facilitate Early Hospital Discharge?

CONCLUSION: Total intravenous anesthesia combined with short-acting spinal anesthetics provided the following benefits for patients who underwent primary total joint arthroplasty: more day-of-surgery PT sessions and earlier discharge by nearly 1 full day. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III. PMID: 29688961 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29688961?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - April 26, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: J Am Acad Orthop Surg Source Type: research