Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Apr 2015
Effects of anesthetic technique on blood loss and complications after simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty.
Anesthetic technique affects perioperative outcomes, but less was known in simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty (BTKA). A single center, retrospective analysis was carried out to prove the hypothesis that utilization of regional anesthesia would result in favorable perioperative outcomes. ⋯ Patients who underwent simultaneous BTKA under RA had lesser blood loss and lower complication rate than GA. The impact of RA can be further exploited to improve perioperative outcomes of simultaneous BTKA in addition to various other interventions.