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Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages 203-209 (February 2008)


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Effect of Anesthesia Type on Limb Length Discrepancy After Total Hip Arthroplasty

Sathappan S. Sathappan, MD, Daniel Ginat, MD, Vipul Patel, MD, Michael Walsh, PhD, William L. Jaffe, MD, Paul E. Di Cesare, MDCorresponding Author Information

Received 13 February 2006; accepted 14 January 2007. published online 24 September 2007.

Abstract 

A retrospective study of 132 patients (63 spinal anesthesia and 69 general anesthesia) undergoing total hip arthroplasty was performed by 4 fellowship-trained adult reconstructive surgeons to determine the influence of anesthesia type on postoperative limb length and medial offset. Limb length discrepancy occurred in 87.0% of patients who received regional anesthesia as opposed to 47.6% patients who had general anesthesia (P < .001). Differences in postoperative medial offset measurements between the 2 groups were not statistically significant. It was concluded that surgeons operating on patients who receive regional anesthesia should supplement intraoperative tests for assessing hip stability with meticulous preoperative templating to avoid overlengthening the operative limb.

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Musculoskeletal Research Center, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, New York

Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Paul E. Di Cesare, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UC Davis Medical Center, 4860 Y St, Suite 3800, Sacramento CA 95817.

 No benefits or funds were received in support of the study.

PII: S0883-5403(07)00053-8

doi:10.1016/j.arth.2007.01.022


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