[Significantly shorter anesthesia time for surgery of the lumbar spine : Process analytical comparison of spinal anesthesia and intubation narcosis.]

CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that in lumbar spine surgery 19 min of anesthesia time can be saved using SA compared to GA which could have an impact on economic aspects. Gender, BMI and ASA had no statistically detectable influence on the choice between the two anesthesia methods. The fact that time-intensive complex instrumentation is mainly performed in younger patients may explain why GA patients were younger than SA patients.
PMID: 23925461 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Der Anaesthesist - August 9, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Singeisen H, Hodel D, Schindler C, Frey K, Eichenberger U, Hausmann ON Tags: Anaesthesist Source Type: research