Effects of anaesthesia and analgesia on long-term outcome after total knee replacement: A prospective, observational, multicentre study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Perioperative regional anaesthesia may protect from persistent postsurgical pain (PPSP) and improve outcome after total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Objectives

Aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of regional anaesthesia on PPSP and long-term functional outcome after TKA.

Design

A web-based prospective observational registry.

Setting

Five Italian Private and University Hospitals from 2012 to 2015.

Patients

Undergoing primary unilateral TKA, aged more than 18 years, informed consent, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classes 1 to 3, no previous knee surgery.

Intervention(s)

Personal data (age, sex, BMI and ASA class), preoperative pain assessed by numerical rating scale (NRS) score, and risk factors for PPSP

SUBMITTER: Bugada D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5588609 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature