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- Title
INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF ANESTHESIA TECHNIQUES ON INTENSIVE CARE ADMISSION AND POSTOPERATIVE MORTALITY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS UNDERGOING BILATERAL KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY.
- Authors
DOĞAN BAKI, Elif; ÖZCAN, Özal; DEMİRBOƂAN, Mehmet Ersegün; KOKULU, Serdar; UZEL, Hanife; ELA, Yüksel; SIVACI, Remziye Gül
- Abstract
Introduction: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of anesthesia techniques on intensive care admission, postoperative complications and mortality in elderly patients undergoing elective bilateral knee replacement surgery. Materials and Methods: A retrospective file review in the Anesthesiology and Reanimation Department of Afyon Kocatepe University between January 2008 and October 2013 was done on patients operated for bilateral knee replacement in the same sessions by the same surgeon Results: 108 females and 27 males, a total of 135 patients, were included in this study. 83 patients were operated under general anesthesia while 52 were under regional (epidural+spinal) anesthesia. 123 (91.1%) of patients were admitted to service after operation while 12 (8.9%) of them were admitted to the ICU, 10 (7.4%) of whom were in Group G (general anesthesia) and 2 (1.5%) in Group R (regional anesthesia) (p>0.05). The development rates of complications were significantly higher in Group G (11.1%) than in Group R (0.7%) (p=0.005). Hypertension was the most frequent concomitant disease and acute renal failure was the most frequently observed complication. 15 of 16 patients in whom complications were observed had hypertension. Mortality was 1.48%. Conclusion: Postoperative complications and intensive care unit admission are more frequently encountered among patients operated for bilateral knee replacement under general anesthesia than with regional anesthesia.
- Subjects
TOTAL knee replacement; CRITICAL care medicine; SURGICAL complications; ANESTHETICS; PHARMACODYNAMICS; POSTOPERATIVE period; MORTALITY of older people
- Publication
Turkish Journal of Geriatrics / Türk Geriatri Dergisi, 2014, Vol 17, Issue 4, p373
- ISSN
1304-2947
- Publication type
Article