Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Mar 2014
Multicenter Study Comparative StudyDoes the Impact of the Type of Anesthesia on Outcomes Differ by Patient Age and Comorbidity Burden?
Neuraxial anesthesia may provide perioperative outcome benefits versus general anesthesia in orthopedic surgical patients. As subgroup analyses are lacking, we evaluated the influence of the type of anesthesia on outcomes in patient groups of different age and the presence of cardiopulmonary disease. ⋯ Neuraxial anesthesia is associated with decreased odds for major complications and resource utilization after joint arthroplasty for all patient groups, irrespective of age and comorbidity burden.