Impact of Neuraxial Versus General Anesthesia on Discharge Destination in Patients Undergoing Primary Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Total knee replacement (TKR) and total hip replacement (THR) are 2 of the most common orthopedic surgical procedures in the United States. These procedures, with fairly low mortality rates, incur significant health care costs, with almost 40% of the costs associated with post acute care. We assessed the impact of general versus neuraxial anesthesia on discharge destination and 30-day readmissions in patients who underwent total knee and hip replacement in our health system.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort study of 24,684 patients undergoing total knee or hip replacement in 13 hospitals of a large health care network. Following propensity score matching, we studied the impact of type of anesthetic technique on discharge destination (primary outcome) and pos

SUBMITTER: Duque M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8604382 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature