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. 2023 Aug 10;13(8):1716.
doi: 10.3390/life13081716.

Anesthetic Approaches and Perioperative Complications of Total Hip Arthroplasty in Gaucher Disease: A Control-Matched Retrospective-Cohort Study

Ariel Grass  1   2 , Eyal Riemer  2 , Ari Zimran  2   3 , Shoshana Revel-Vilk  2   3 , Andres Freundlich  1   2 , Ehud Lebel  2   3   4 , Alexander Ioscovich  1   2
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Anesthetic Approaches and Perioperative Complications of Total Hip Arthroplasty in Gaucher Disease: A Control-Matched Retrospective-Cohort Study

Ariel Grass et al. Life (Basel). .

Abstract

Objectives: Gaucher disease's (GD) pathophysiology generates anesthetic concerns in total hip joint arthroplasty (THA), and due to its rareness, data on perioperative risks are scarce. This 22-year study at a large reference center addresses anesthetic management and perioperative outcomes in GD.

Methods: This retrospective-cohort study assessed anesthetic success and safety in 30 THA patients, comparing them with a control-matched group. Data on clinical characteristics, perioperative events, and outcomes were collected. The primary outcome was the success rate of anesthesia induction performance at first attempt. Secondary outcomes were difficult intraoperative course and hemodynamic management, and the development of postoperative complications. The age, sex, weight, body mass index, and primary-to-revision hip arthroplasty ratio were similar in both groups.

Results: There was no significant difference at all-type anesthesia first initiation attempt success. No particular preference by staff anesthetists for general anesthesia or neuraxial procedures was observed. The GD group showed a significantly higher mean of intraoperative packed Red Blood Cell units administered ((0.73 vs. 0.18); (p = 0.038)), higher intraoperative and postoperative platelet transfusion incidence ((5/30 [16.7%] vs. 0/56 [0.00%]; p = 0.004) and (3/30 [10%] vs. 0/56 [0%]; p = 0.040)), and longer mean recovery room length of stay (426 ± 412 vs. 175 ± 140; p = 0.004). Postoperative complications were not significantly different.

Keywords: Gaucher disease; general anesthesia; intraoperative complications; regional anesthesia; total hip arthroplasty.

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