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Comparison of clinical effects of general anesthesia and intraspinal anesthesia on total hip arthroplasty
1Department of Anesthesiology, Ji'nan Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Ji'nan, Shandong Province, China.
Objective:
To evaluate the clinical effects of general anesthesia and intraspinal anesthesia on total hip arthroplasty.
Methods:
A total of 110 patients who underwent unilateral total hip arthroplasty in our hospital were randomly divided into the observation group and the control group, with 55 patients in each group. The observation group was given intraspinal anesthesia, while the control group was given general anesthesia. The excellent anesthesia rate, intraoperative blood pressure, intraoperative heart rate, observation time in the postoperative recovery room, the incidence of complications and hospitalization time were observed and compared between the two groups.
Results:
Compared with the control group, the excellent anesthesia rate of the observation group increased (P<0.05). The observation time in the postoperative recovery room, intraoperative blood pressure, intraoperative heart rate and incidence of complications in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (all P<0.05). The hospitalization time of the observation group was significantly shorter than that of the control group (P<0.05).
Conclusion:
Intraspinal anesthesia in total hip arthroplasty can significantly improve the excellent anesthesia rate, help maintain the intraoperative blood pressure and heart rate and reduce the observation time in the postoperative recovery room, incidence of complications and hospitalization time of patients, which can be recommended in clinical application.
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