A comparative study of general anesthesia, intravenous regional anesthesia, and axillary block for outpatient hand surgery: clinical outcome and cost analysis

V W Chan; P W Peng; Z Kaszas; W J Middleton; R Muni; D G Anastakis; B A Graham

doi:10.1097/00000539-200111000-00025

A comparative study of general anesthesia, intravenous regional anesthesia, and axillary block for outpatient hand surgery: clinical outcome and cost analysis

Anesth Analg. 2001 Nov;93(5):1181-4. doi: 10.1097/00000539-200111000-00025.

Authors

V W Chan¹, P W Peng, Z Kaszas, W J Middleton, R Muni, D G Anastakis, B A Graham

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, The Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 11682392
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200111000-00025

Abstract

IV regional anesthesia can offer a more favorable patient recovery profile and shorter postoperative nursing care time and hospital discharge time than an isoflurane-based general anesthetic or brachial plexus block technique for hand surgery.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Anesthesia Recovery Period
Anesthesia, Conduction* / adverse effects
Anesthesia, Conduction* / economics
Anesthesia, Conduction* / methods
Anesthesia, General* / adverse effects
Anesthesia, General* / economics
Anesthesia, General* / methods
Brachial Plexus
Female
Hand / surgery*
Health Care Costs
Humans
Injections, Intravenous
Male
Nerve Block* / adverse effects
Nerve Block* / economics
Nerve Block* / methods
Prospective Studies
Treatment Outcome