Evaluation of Anesthetic Techniques in Outpatient Total Joint Replacement Surgery in an Integrated Health Care Delivery System

Kaiser Permanente

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoarthritis, Hip; Anesthesia Morbidity; Osteoarthritis, Knee

Treatments: Procedure: Anesthesia Type

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04203732

1502384-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is a retrospective cohort study of adult patients undergoing outpatient primary unilateral total knee or total hip replacement surgeries from 2017 to 2019 assessing for difference in anesthetic techniques and outcomes.

Full description

The study is a retrospective cohort study of adult patients undergoing outpatient primary unilateral total knee or total hip replacement surgeries from 2017 to 2019. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effects of anesthetic techniques for primary total joint replacement in Northern California Kaiser Permanente. The primary objective is to determine if there are clinically and statistically significant differences between the outcomes of general anesthesia and neuraxial anesthesia.

Enrollment: 12,466 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ASA 1 - IV patients
• Age > 18
• Primary total hip/knee replacement

Exclusion criteria

• Total joint replacement for oncologic tumors
• Emergent surgery
• Age < 17
• Pregnant Female
• Neuraxial anesthesia conversion to general anesthesia
• Revision total joint replacement
• Bilateral total joint replacement

Trial design

12,466 participants in 1 patient group

Total Joint Arthroplasty

Description:

The cohort includes patients undergoing outpatient primary total joint replacement surgeries from 2017 to 2019. Primary total joint surgery is defined as patients who undergo unilateral total knee replacement or total hip replacement for the first time during the study years

Treatment:

Procedure: Anesthesia Type