Background Total joint arthroplasty (TJA) can be successfully carried out under general (GA)
or spinal anesthesia (SA). The existing literature does not adequately illustrate which …

Abstract What We Already Know about This Topic Neuraxial anesthesia is being used more
frequently for elective hip and knee replacements It is unclear whether increasing rates of …

Materials and Methods After institutional review board approval and informed written
consent were obtained, forty patients undergoing minimally invasive total hip arthroplasty …

Importance More than 300 000 hip fractures occur each year in the United States. Recent
practice guidelines have advocated greater use of regional anesthesia for hip fracture …

Background There is currently no consensus regarding the optimal anesthetic technique for
total hip and knee arthroplasty (THA, TKA). This study aimed to compare the utilization rates …

Background Spinal anesthesia is the predominant regimen in outpatient total joint
arthroplasty (TJA), but induction often is unsuccessful, unobtainable, or against patient …

Background: Spinal anesthesia has been associated with lower postoperative rates of deep-
vein thrombosis, a shorter operative time, and less blood loss when compared with general …

“To block or not to block… that is the question….” In a non-Shakespearean tone, this seems
to be the prevailing thought amongst regional anesthesiologists. With a variety of infiltration …

Background Neuraxial anesthesia when compared with general anesthesia has shown to
improve outcomes following lower extremity total joint arthroplasty. It is unclear whether …

Outcome is defined as “a change in a patient's health status that can be attributed to
antecedent health care.” Postoperative pain is a major concern after orthopedic limb …