Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
A prospective randomized comparison of spinal versus local anesthesia with propofol infusion for knee arthroscopy.
Knee arthroscopy is the most common orthopaedic procedure performed in the United States, and there are few randomized studies comparing local anesthesia, in conjunction with propofol, with regional anesthesia for knee arthroscopy. The purpose of the study was to test the hypothesis that patients receiving local anesthesia combined with propofol infusion (LAP) will recover from anesthesia faster and experience less postoperative headache and back pain compared with spinal anesthesia (SA). ⋯ Level I.