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Bedside hip aspiration results in decrease in total general anesthesia time in pediatric patients: A multicenter study.
Journal of Children's Orthopaedics 2022 December
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to compare pediatric hip aspiration in the operating room under general anesthesia or via bedside aspiration under moderate sedation and delineate the anesthetic time required.
METHODS: A database query conducted at two academic institutions identified all patients under the age of 17 who underwent hip aspiration between 2000 and 2017. At one institution, aspiration was performed in the operating room under general anesthesia. Patients were kept anesthetized until cell count was complete. At the second institution, aspiration was performed in the emergency room at bedside under sedation. The medical record was reviewed for demographic data, hip aspiration results, diagnoses, treatment, and anesthesia time.
RESULTS: A total of 233 patients (233 hips) with a mean age of 7.2 years were identified. Seventy-five patients underwent aspiration in the operating room, and 158 patients underwent bedside aspiration. Patients with a negative aspiration averaged 87 min under anesthesia when performed in the operating room and 29 min under sedation when performed at bedside. Patients with a negative aspiration performed in the operating room after 5 pm averaged 99 min under anesthesia, and 73 min under anesthesia when performed between 7 am and 5 pm (p < 0.01). Seventy-eight (49%) patients who underwent bedside aspiration did not require operative intervention and therefore avoided general anesthesia.
CONCLUSION: Pediatric hip aspiration performed in the operating room results in prolonged anesthesia times while synovial fluid is transported and processed. Anesthesia times are significantly longer after 5 pm. Bedside aspiration resulted in significantly less anesthesia exposure, with half of patients undergoing bedside aspiration avoiding general anesthesia altogether.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III.
METHODS: A database query conducted at two academic institutions identified all patients under the age of 17 who underwent hip aspiration between 2000 and 2017. At one institution, aspiration was performed in the operating room under general anesthesia. Patients were kept anesthetized until cell count was complete. At the second institution, aspiration was performed in the emergency room at bedside under sedation. The medical record was reviewed for demographic data, hip aspiration results, diagnoses, treatment, and anesthesia time.
RESULTS: A total of 233 patients (233 hips) with a mean age of 7.2 years were identified. Seventy-five patients underwent aspiration in the operating room, and 158 patients underwent bedside aspiration. Patients with a negative aspiration averaged 87 min under anesthesia when performed in the operating room and 29 min under sedation when performed at bedside. Patients with a negative aspiration performed in the operating room after 5 pm averaged 99 min under anesthesia, and 73 min under anesthesia when performed between 7 am and 5 pm (p < 0.01). Seventy-eight (49%) patients who underwent bedside aspiration did not require operative intervention and therefore avoided general anesthesia.
CONCLUSION: Pediatric hip aspiration performed in the operating room results in prolonged anesthesia times while synovial fluid is transported and processed. Anesthesia times are significantly longer after 5 pm. Bedside aspiration resulted in significantly less anesthesia exposure, with half of patients undergoing bedside aspiration avoiding general anesthesia altogether.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III.
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