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Individualized Stem-positioning in Calcar-guided Short-stem Total Hip Arthroplasty
Published on: February 27, 2018
Effect of different anaesthetic techniques on gene expression profiles in patients who underwent hip arthroplasty
Renata Alleva1, Andrea Tognù2, Marco Tomasetti3
1Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Objectives:
To investigate the modulation of genes whose expression level is indicative of stress and toxicity following exposure to three anaesthesia techniques, general anaesthesia (GA), regional anaesthesia (RA), or integrated anaesthesia (IA).
Methods:
Patients scheduled for hip arthroplasty receiving GA, RA and IA were enrolled at Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute of Bologna, Italy and the expression of genes involved in toxicology were evaluated in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) collected before (T0), immediately after surgery (T1), and on the third day (T2) after surgery in association with biochemical parameters.
Results:
All three anaesthesia methods proved safe and reliable in terms of pain relief and patient recovery. Gene ontology analysis revealed that GA and mainly IA were associated with deregulation of DNA repair system and stress-responsive genes, which was observed even after 3-days from anaesthesia. Conversely, RA was not associated with substantial changes in gene expression.
Conclusions:
Based on the gene expression analysis, RA technique showed the smallest toxicological effect in hip arthroplasty.
Trial Registration:
ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT03585647.
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