06 December 2022 : Clinical Research
Surgical Outcomes of Regional Versus General Anesthesia in 203 Patients with Upper- and Lower-Extremity Amputation: A Retrospective Study from a Single Center in Turkey
Nurettin Kurt
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DOI: 10.12659/MSM.938603
Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e938603
Table 4 Anesthesia methods applied to patients and surgery data.
| Min-Max | Median | Mean±SD/n-% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anesthesia methods applied | Peripheral nerve blocks | 66 | 32.5% | ||
| General anesthesia | 63 | 31.0% | |||
| Spinal anesthesia | 64 | 31.5% | |||
| Epidural anesthesia | 4 | 2.0% | |||
| CSE anesthesia | 3 | 1.5% | |||
| Sedo-analgesia | 3 | 1.5% | |||
| Duration of surgery (minute) | 15.0–420.0 | 60.0 | 72.9±47.8 | ||
| The unit where the patient is treated after the surgery | Postoperative Ward | 174 | 85.7% | ||
| Intensive Care Unit | 28 | 13.8% | |||
| Exitus | 1 | 0.5% | |||
| Intraoperative blood need | Yes | 15 | 7.4% | ||
| No | 188 | 92.6% | |||
| Type of surgery | Emergency | 91 | 44.8% | ||
| Elective | 112 | 55.2% | |||
| Patients’ length of hospital stay according to the anesthesia method applied | Total patients | 1.0–90.0 | 7.0 | 10.7±13.3 | |
| Peripheral nerve blocks | 2.0–30.0 | 4.0 | 6.2±5.8 | ||
| General anesthesia | 1.0–90.0 | 7.0 | 15.0±20.6 | ||
| Spinal anesthesia | 3.0–38.0 | 8.5 | 10.4±7.0 | ||
| Epidural anesthesia | 9.0–47.0 | 12.0 | 20.0±18.0 | ||
| CSE anesthesia | 9.0–22.0 | 17.0 | 16.0±6.6 | ||
| Sedo-analgesia | 3.0–7.0 | 6.0 | 5.3±2.1 | ||
| SD – standard deviation; CSE – Combined Spinal-Epidural; Min-Max – minumum-maximum. | |||||