Abstract

In this study we assess the effectiveness of local anesthesia in knee arthroscopies carried out in outpatients and the use of subsequent postoperative analgesia. From January to December 2003, within the framework of our Outpatient Program, 56 patients with different knee conditions underwent arthroscopy with local anesthesia and postoperative intraarticular infiltration with bupivacaine. The effectiveness of local anesthesia and postoperative analgesia were assessed by determining pain intensity using a visual analogical scale and by quantifying the use of postoperative analgesia after arthroscopy. Fifty of the 56 patients, had no pain during surgery, with the remaining 6 requiring supplementary analgesia. All patients were discharged from hospital during the 6 hours following surgery and no complications were seen. Local intraarticular anesthesia is ideal for knee arthroscopy since it allows this surgical procedure to be performed as part of an outpatient program, it decreases the need for pain-killers and shows high rates of patient satisfaction. It allows early recovery, rehabilitation, and hospital discharge. En este artículo valoramos la eficacia de la anestesia local para la cirugía artroscópica de la rodilla en pacientes ambulatorios y la analgesia postoperatoria. De enero a diciembre de 2003 y dentro del programa de cirugía ambulatoria fueron intervenidos 56 pacientes de diferentes patologías de la rodilla mediante cirugía artroscópica y bajo anestesia local, e infiltración intraarticular postoperatoria con bupivacaína. Se ha valorado la eficacia de la anestesia local y la analgesia postoperatoria determinando la intensidad del dolor mediante la escala visual analógica y el consumo de analgésicos tras la cirugía artroscópica. De los 56 pacientes, 50 no tuvieron dolor durante la cirugía, en los otros 6 fue necesario suplementar la analgesia. Todos los pacientes fueron dados de alta hospitalaria en las primeras 6 horas tras la cirugía y no se detectó ninguna complicación. La anestesia local intraarticular es un método ideal para la artroscopia de la rodilla dentro del programa de cirugía ambulatoria, permitiendo la realización de esta técnica quirúrgica disminuyendo el consumo de analgésicos por proporcionar una adecuada analgesia y una alta satisfacción. Permite una recuperación, un alta hospitalaria y una rehabilitación precoces.

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