A comparison of two regional anesthetic techniques for outpatient knee arthroscopy.
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%.
Pollock
Julia E
JE
*Department of Anesthesiology, Virginia-Mason Medical Center; and †The Mountain-Whisper-Light Statistical Consulting, Seattle, Washington.
Mulroy
Michael F
MF
Bent
Elyssa
E
Polissar
Nayak L
NL
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