title: A comparison of two regional anesthetic techniques for outpatient knee arthroscopy.
abstract: Small dose lidocaine spinal anesthesia and 3% 2-chloroprocaine epidural anesthesia provided comparable discharge times for outpatient knee arthroscopy. The incidence of transient neurologic symptoms with small-dose lidocaine spinal anesthesia was 12%.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Anesthesiology, Virginia-Mason Medical Center; and †The Mountain-Whisper-Light Statistical Consulting, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Julia E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Pollock
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Mulroy
authors.forename: Elyssa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bent
authors.forename: Nayak L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Polissar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D000762:Anesthesia Recovery Period; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal; D001182:Arthroscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010149:Postoperative Pain; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011446:Prospective Studies