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ArticleF1000Research2017

Anaesthesia for open wrist fracture surgery in adults/elderly.

Irene Sellbrandt, Metha Brattwall, Margareta Warrén Stomberg, Pether Jildenstål, Jan G Jakobsson

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Article in F1000Research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Irene SellbrandtAnaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden.
Metha BrattwallAnaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden.
Margareta Warrén StombergThe Sahlgrenska Academy Institute of Health and Care Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Pether JildenstålDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Jan G JakobssonDepartment of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Institution for Clinical Science, Karolinska Institute, Danderyd University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5829-1803
Sahlgrenska University Hospital · SEUniversity of Gothenburg · SEKarolinska University Hospital · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anaesthetic technique for open surgery of acute distal for arm fracture in adults/elderly is not well defined. Regional anaesthesia, general anaesthesia or a combined general and regional block may be considered. General anaesthetic technique, the timing and drug/drug combination for the regional block must also be considered. This is a study around published studies assessing anaesthtic technique for wrist surgery. A systematic database search was performed and papers describing the effect of anaesthetic techniques were included. We found sparse evidence for what anaesthetic technique is optimal for open wrist fracture repair. In total only six studies were found using our inclusion criteria, which all supported the short term, early recovery benefits of regional anaesthesia as part of multi-modal analgesia. More protracted outcomes and putting the type of block into context of quality of recovery and patients' satisfaction is lacking in the literature. The risk for a pain rebound when the block vanishes should also be acknowledged. Therefore, further high quality studies are warranted concerning the anaesthetic technique for this type of surgery.

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anaesthetic techniquegeneral anaesthesiaopen wrist surgerypostoperative painregional anaesthesia

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PMCPMC5770994
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