Safety of blood reinfusion drains after local infiltration analgesia in total joint replacement.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Local infiltration analgesia (LIA) is frequently administered to patient undergoing joint replacement surgical procedures. The aim of the present research was to verify the safety of collected shed blood to be reinfused postoperatively, by measuring levobupivacaine levels in drainage blood in patients undergoing LIA during knee replacement surgery.

Patients and methods

24 patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and 12 scheduled for total hip arthroplasty (THA) who received intraoperative LIA were considered. Blood samples were collected from shed blood which was present in drainage 2 and 5 hours after surgery and serum was analysed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

Results

At 2 hours postoperatively, the median levobupivacaine

SUBMITTER: Legnani C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10885553 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature