Background: Total hip arthroplasty may be performed under general or spinal anesthesia.
The purpose of the current study was to compare perioperative outcomes between …

Background This propensity score–matched cohort study evaluates the effect of anesthetic
technique on a 30-day mortality after total hip or knee arthroplasty. Methods All patients who …

Background: Many orthopaedic surgical procedures can be performed with either regional
or general anesthesia. We hypothesized that total hip arthroplasty with regional anesthesia …

Background: We compared the following 30-day outcomes for total knee arthroplasty (TKA)
and total hip arthroplasty in spinal anesthesia (SA) versus general anesthesia (GA)(1) …

Background: The optimal anesthetic technique remains debated in patients undergoing total-
hip arthroplasty (THA). The purpose of this meta-analysis was to test the efficacy of general …

Background The choice of anaesthetic technique for patients undergoing joint arthroplasty is
debatable. The hypothesis of this study was that general anaesthesia would generate a …

Background The impact of anesthetic technique on perioperative outcomes remains
controversial. We studied a large national sample of primary joint arthroplasty recipients and …

Background Spinal anaesthesia when compared to general anaesthesia has been shown to
decrease postoperative morbidity in orthopaedic surgery. The aim of the present study was …

Large observational studies of accurate data can provide similar results to more arduous
and expensive randomised controlled trials. In 2012, the National Hip Fracture Database …

Background. This systematic review evaluated the evidence comparing patient-important
outcomes in spinal or epidural vs general anaesthesia for total hip and total knee …