General or Regional Anesthesia for Hip Surgery

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether general anaesthesia or regional anaesthesia is best for patients undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty.

Timeline

Start

2013-01

Primary completion

2014-02

Completion

2014-06

Publications

• Background Fowler SJ, Symons J, Sabato S, Myles PS. Epidural analgesia compared with peripheral nerve blockade after major knee surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials. Br J Anaesth. 2008 Feb;100(2):154-64. doi: 10.1093/bja/aem373.
• Background Marsh BJ, Morton NS, White M, Kenny GN. A computer controlled infusion of propofol for induction and maintenance of anaesthesia in children. Can J Anaesth. 1990 May;37(4 Pt 2):S97. No abstract available.
• Background Minto CF, Schnider TW, Shafer SL. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of remifentanil. II. Model application. Anesthesiology. 1997 Jan;86(1):24-33. doi: 10.1097/00000542-199701000-00005.
• Background Harsten A, Kehlet H, Ljung P, Toksvig-Larsen S. Total intravenous general anaesthesia vs. spinal anaesthesia for total hip arthroplasty. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2015 Apr;59(4):542-3. doi: 10.1111/aas.12495. Epub 2015 Mar 3. No abstract available.

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