Process Analysis in Outpatient Knee Surgery

Abstract

When compared with GA without an induction room for outpatients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, RA with an induction room was associated with the lowest anesthesia- controlled time. Managers must weigh the costs and time required for anesthesiologists and additional personnel to place nerve blocks or induce GA preoperatively in such a staffing model.

Ultrasound Guidance With Nerve Stimulation Reduces the Time Necessary for Resident Peripheral Nerve Blockade

“…7 In order to meet these criteria, 64 patients were required in each group. To facilitate post hoc power analyses of our secondary aims, we include data from 124 consecutive patients per treatment group.…”

Operating room management: why, how and by whom?

“…Administering neuraxial blocks may take longer than inducing general anesthesia, yet this appears not to cause inefficiency, because no time is needed for emergence from anesthesia (17). However, performing a brachial plexus block tends to take too much OR time and should therefore be performed in a separate area well in advance of the anticipated start of the surgery (18).…”

Axillary plexus block using multiple nerve stimulation: A European view

“…15 Finally, increase in operating room efficiency (by decreasing anesthetic controlled time) might be obtained if the block for the next patient is completed before the current patient is finished with surgery. 16 …”