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Anesth Analg 2003;97:397-401
© 2003 International Anesthesia Research Society

AMBULATORY ANESTHESIA

A Comparison of Two Regional Anesthetic Techniques for Outpatient Knee Arthroscopy

Julia E. Pollock, MD*, Michael F. Mulroy, MD*, Elyssa Bent, MD*, and Nayak L. Polissar, PhD{dagger}

*Department of Anesthesiology, Virginia-Mason Medical Center; and {dagger}The Mountain-Whisper-Light Statistical Consulting, Seattle, Washington

Address correspondence to Julia E. Pollock, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, B2-AN Virginia-Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98111. Address e-mail to anejep{at}vmmc.org

IMPLICATIONS: Small dose lidocaine spinal anesthesia and 3% 2-chloroprocaine epidural anesthesia provided comparable discharge times for outpatient knee arthroscopy. The incidence of transient neurologic symptoms with small-dose lidocaine spinal anesthesia was 12%.




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