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Vol. 51. Issue 1.
Pages 39-41 (January - February 2007)
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Vol. 51. Issue 1.
Pages 39-41 (January - February 2007)
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Local Anesthesia for Arthroscopy of the Knee in Day-surgery Patients
Anestesia local para artroscopia de rodilla en pacientes ambulatorios
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A. Moreno-Regidora,
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amregidor70@hotmail.com

Corresponding author: Depàrtment of Orthopedic Surgery. Virgen de la Vega Hospital, Paseo de San Vicente, 58-182. 37007 Salamanca.
, G. Yusta-Martínb, D. Borrego-Rateroa, J. Blanco-Blancoa
a Department of Orthopedic Surgery. University Hospital. Salamanca
b Anesthesia Department. University Hospital. Salamanca
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Purpose

In this study we assess the effectiveness of local anesthesia in knee arthroscopies carried out in outpatients and the use of subsequent postoperative analgesia.

Materials and methods

From January to December 2003, within the framework of our Outpatient Program, 56 patients with different knee conditions underwent arthroscopy with local anesthesia and postoperative intraarticular infiltration with bupivacaine. The effectiveness of local anesthesia and postoperative analgesia were assessed by determining pain intensity using a visual analogical scale and by quantifying the use of postoperative analgesia after arthroscopy.

Results

Fifty of the 56 patients, had no pain during surgery, with the remaining 6 requiring supplementary analgesia. All patients were discharged from hospital during the 6 hours following surgery and no complications were seen.

Conclusions

Local intraarticular anesthesia is ideal for knee arthroscopy since it allows this surgical procedure to be performed as part of an outpatient program, it decreases the need for pain-killers and shows high rates of patient satisfaction. It allows early recovery, rehabilitation, and hospital discharge.

Key words:
knee arthroscopy
local anesthesia
outpatient surgery
postoperative analgesia
Objetivo

En este artículo valoramos la eficacia de la anestesia local para la cirugía artroscópica de la rodilla en pacientes ambulatorios y la analgesia postoperatoria.

Material y método

De enero a diciembre de 2003 y dentro del programa de cirugía ambulatoria fueron intervenidos 56 pacientes de diferentes patologías de la rodilla mediante cirugía artroscópica y bajo anestesia local, e infiltración intraarticular postoperatoria con bupivacaína.

Se ha valorado la eficacia de la anestesia local y la analgesia postoperatoria determinando la intensidad del dolor mediante la escala visual analógica y el consumo de analgésicos tras la cirugía artroscópica.

Resultados

De los 56 pacientes, 50 no tuvieron dolor durante la cirugía, en los otros 6 fue necesario suplementar la analgesia. Todos los pacientes fueron dados de alta hospitalaria en las primeras 6 horas tras la cirugía y no se detectó ninguna complicación.

Conclusiones

La anestesia local intraarticular es un método ideal para la artroscopia de la rodilla dentro del programa de cirugía ambulatoria, permitiendo la realización de esta técnica quirúrgica disminuyendo el consumo de analgésicos por proporcionar una adecuada analgesia y una alta satisfacción. Permite una recuperación, un alta hospitalaria y una rehabilitación precoces.

Palabras clave:
artroscopia de rodilla
anestesia local
cirugía ambulatoria
analgesia postoperatoria
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