2019
Anesthesia for Spine Surgery
Zorrilla-Vaca A, Grant M, Mirski M. Anesthesia for Spine Surgery. 2019, 189-200. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-3387-3_14.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpine surgeryMultimodal analgesic strategyIntraoperative blood lossLumbar spine surgeryLength of stayManagement of anesthesiaPatient-focused approachAnalgesic strategiesHospital stayPostoperative complicationsPostoperative nauseaPostoperative painPostoperative outcomesAnesthetic managementBlood lossAnesthetic techniqueGeneral anesthesiaIntraoperative stabilityPerioperative assessmentOptimal anesthesiaRegional anesthesiaRegional techniquesSurgery programSurgeryAnesthesia
2016
The Impact of Neuraxial Versus General Anesthesia on the Incidence of Postoperative Surgical Site Infections Following Knee or Hip Arthroplasty
Zorrilla-Vaca A, Grant MC, Mathur V, Li J, Wu CL. The Impact of Neuraxial Versus General Anesthesia on the Incidence of Postoperative Surgical Site Infections Following Knee or Hip Arthroplasty. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2016, 41: 555-563. PMID: 27380106, DOI: 10.1097/aap.0000000000000437.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative surgical site infectionSurgical site infectionKnee arthroplastyHip arthroplastySite infectionNeuraxial anesthesiaGeneral anesthesiaSubgroup analysisOdds ratioDevelopment of SSIPooled unadjusted odds ratioUnadjusted odds ratioLarge observational trialsRandom-effects modelOverall beneficial effectObservational trialAnesthetic techniqueAnesthesia techniquesJoint arthroplastyInclusion criteriaTrial designArthroplastyMeta-AnalysisAnesthesiaPotential association