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Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Published on: July 5, 2011
[Retrospective study on six years of anaesthesia for reduction of shoulder dislocation in emergency]
V Minville1, T Plante, B Eychenne
1Département d'anesthésie et de réanimation, hôpital de Rangueil-CHU de Toulouse, GRCB 48, IFR 150, université Paul-Sabatier, 1, avenue Jean-Poulhès, 31400 Toulouse cedex 9, France. minville.v@chu-toulouse.fr
Objective:
The aim of this study was to assess the anaesthetic technique used for emergency shoulder luxation management in a university hospital.
Study Design:
Retrospective observational study.
Patients And Methods:
During a six-year period, all patients who were anaesthetized for shoulder luxation were included. Data were collected from administrative database and patient's files.
Results:
Two hundred and twenty-four patients were included. Ninety-seven regional anaesthesias were performed (17 failures) and so, 144 general anaesthesias were performed. Among general anaesthesia, 89 patients were not fasten, only four rapid sequence inductions were performed. Sixteen (8%) complications occurred, all during general anaesthesia, among them one inhalation. In not fasten patients, anaesthesia was performed not in accordance with guidelines in 56% of cases of all anaesthetic technique and 96% for patient who had general anaesthesia. Accordance with guidelines was independent from the anaesthesiologist experience or the time of the anaesthesia (night/day).
Conclusion:
We must spread guidelines information to physicians because of the morbidity.
