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. 2009 Jun;467(6):1424-30.
doi: 10.1007/s11999-009-0741-x. Epub 2009 Feb 28.

Newer anesthesia and rehabilitation protocols enable outpatient hip replacement in selected patients

Richard A Berger  1 , Sheila A Sanders, Elizabeth S Thill, Scott M Sporer, Craig Della Valle
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Newer anesthesia and rehabilitation protocols enable outpatient hip replacement in selected patients

Richard A Berger et al. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2009 Jun.

Abstract

Advancements in the surgical approach, anesthetic technique, and the initiation of rapid rehabilitation protocols have decreased the duration of hospitalization and subsequent length of recovery following elective total hip arthroplasty. We assessed the feasibility and safety of outpatient total hip arthroplasty in 150 consecutive patients. A comprehensive perioperative anesthesia and rehabilitation protocol including preoperative teaching, regional anesthesia, and preemptive oral analgesia and antiemetic therapy was implemented around a minimally invasive surgical technique. A rapid rehabilitation pathway was started immediately after surgery and patients had the option of being discharged to home the day of surgery if standard discharge criteria were met. All 150 patients were discharged to home the day of surgery, at which time 131 patients were able to walk without assistive devices. Thirty-eight patients required some additional intervention outside the pathway to resolve nausea, hypotension, or sedation prior to discharge. There were no readmissions for pain, nausea, or hypotension yet there was one readmission for fracture and nine emergency room evaluations in the three month perioperative period. This anesthetic and rehabilitation protocol allowed outpatient total hip arthroplasty to be routinely performed in these consecutive patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty. With current reimbursement approaches the modest savings to the hospital in length of stay may be outweighed by the additional costs of personnel, thereby making this outpatient system more expensive to implement.

Level of evidence: Level IV, therapeutic study. See the Guidelines for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

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Fig. 1
A flow diagram of the study is shown. Of the 150 patients enrolled, 38 patients had a delay in the pathway; seven were oversedated; nine had nausea and hypotension; 10 had hypotension without nausea; and 12 had nausea without hypotension.
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