A comparison of two regional anesthetic techniques for outpatient knee arthroscopy.

Pollock, Julia E; Mulroy, Michael F; Bent, Elyssa; Polissar, Nayak L · Anesth Analg · 2003

rct · Level II

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Abstract

Small dose lidocaine spinal anesthesia and 3% 2-chloroprocaine epidural anesthesia provided comparable discharge times for outpatient knee arthroscopy. The incidence of transient neurologic symptoms with small-dose lidocaine spinal anesthesia was 12%.

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