ArticleInternational journal of spine surgery2020
Spinal Anesthesia for Geriatric Lumbar Spine Surgery: A Comparative Case Series.
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- Comparative outcomes of awake spine surgery under spinal versus general anesthesia: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2024Pooled it
- Full-Endoscopic Unilateral Laminotomy for Bilateral Decompression Under Surgeon-Directed Local Anesthesia in Older Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Segmental spinal anesthesia with isobaric bupivacaine in lumbar fracture surgery for elderly patient with multiple comorbidities.Medical journal, Armed Forces India · 2025Article
- Thoracic spinal anesthesia with intrathecal sedation for lower back surgery: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Lumboperitoneal Shunt Surgery under Spinal Anesthesia on Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Patients.Neurologia medico-chirurgica · 2023Article
- Efficacy of the erector spinae plane block with sedation for unilateral biportal endoscopic spine surgery and comparison with other anesthetic methods.Acta neurochirurgica · 2023Article
- Spinal Versus General Anesthesia for Spine Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Series.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2023Article
- Degenerative Lumbar Spine Surgeries Under Regional Anesthesia in a Developing Country: An Initial Case Series.Cureus · 2023Article
- REGIONAL ANESTHESIA IN SPINAL SURGERY: COULD IT BE THE SOLUTION FOR DIFFICULT INTUBATION.Acta clinica Croatica · 2022Article
- Perioperative outcomes of general versus spinal anesthesia in the lumbar spine surgery population: A systematic review and meta-analysis of data from 2005 through 2021.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2022Review
- Awake spine surgery: An eye-opening movement.Surgical neurology international · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe use of spinal anesthesia (SA) as opposed to general anesthesia (GA) during elective lumbar spine surgery is an emerging technique and represents a potentially modifiable factor to limit perioperative complications. Few studies, however, have compared these anesthetic techniques in an elderly population. The aim of this study is to determine if SA is a safe alternative to GA for lumbar spine surgery in elderly patients.
methodsA retrospective, consecutive case series study was performed. All patients aged 70 years and older who underwent lumbar spine decompression or combined decompression and fusion using either SA or GA during a 2-year period at a single institution were identified. Demographics and perioperative outcomes were compared.
resultsOf all patients meeting the inclusion criteria, 56 patients (19%) received SA and 239 (81%) received GA. Patients receiving SA were slightly older (median age, 77 years versus 75 years,
conclusionSpinal anesthesia is a reasonable, safe alternative to general anesthesia for lumbar spine surgery in elderly patients with degenerative conditions.
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