CME OnDemand: 2022 AOFAS Annual Meeting-Evaluating the Association of Anesthesia Type With Postoperative Complications in Patients Undergoing Ankle Fracture Repair

Evaluating the Association of Anesthesia Type With Postoperative Complications in Patients Undergoing Ankle Fracture Repair

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In this video presentation, a medical student from George Washington University presents a study on the association between anesthesia type and postoperative complications in patients undergoing fracture repair. The study compares general anesthesia and neuroxin anesthesia in ankle fracture patients by evaluating 30-day postoperative outcomes, blood transfusion necessity, readmission rate, reoperation rate, and length of hospital stay. The study utilized the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database and analyzed data from 3585 patients. The results showed that patients receiving neuroxin anesthesia did not experience significant increases in complications or length of stay compared to those receiving general anesthesia. This suggests that healthy patients with ankle fractures could benefit from neuroxin anesthesia regardless of comorbidities. The findings have implications for addressing patient care disparities in orthopedic surgery. No credits were mentioned.

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Theodore Quan, Alisa Malyavko, Anna M Ifarraguerri, Yumin Kim, Lea Mcdaniel, Joseph E Manzi, Amil R Agarwal, Frank R Chen, Alex Gu, Sean Tabaie

Keywords

anesthesia type

postoperative complications

neuroxin anesthesia

ankle fracture patients

patient care disparities