General Compared with Spinal Anesthesia for Total Hip Arthroplasty
Basques BA, Toy JO, Bohl DD, Golinvaux NS, Grauer JN. General Compared with Spinal Anesthesia for Total Hip Arthroplasty. Journal Of Bone And Joint Surgery 2015, 97: 455-461. PMID: 25788301, PMCID: PMC4357526, DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.n.00662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal hip arthroplastyPrimary elective total hip arthroplastyPropensity-adjusted multivariate analysisElective total hip arthroplastyGeneral anesthesiaAdverse eventsSpinal anesthesiaHip arthroplastyOperating room timeRoom timeSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate analysisThirty-day adverse eventsQuality Improvement Program databaseMinor adverse eventsPostoperative ventilator useBaseline patient characteristicsImprovement Program databaseLength of stayUnplanned intubationPerioperative outcomesPostoperative lengthVentilator useAnesthetic type