Epidural clonidine for total hip replacement

Co-administration of pethidine and clonidine: a spinal anaesthetic technique for total hip replacement.

Co-administration of pethidine 0.75 mg kg-1 and clonidine 75 micrograms intrathecally provided good intraoperative anaesthesia for total hip replacement, similar to that obtained using 0.5% isobaric bupivacaine. Sensory and motor block were of shorter duration than that after 0.5% isobaric bupivacaine and 0.5% isobaric bupivacaine with morphine 0.5 mg (P < 0.001 sensory block, P < 0.001 motor b...

Hypotensive epidural anesthesia for total hip

Hypotensive epidural anesthesia provides arterial hypotension to maintain a mean arterial pressure of 50 mmHg and it can be used to reduce blood loss during total hip replacement. The technique combines an extensive epidural blockade with an intravenous infusion of low-dose epinephrine. This results in arterial hypotension, but with preservation of central venous pressure, heart rate, stroke vo...

Total hip replacement (THR).

The authors present history, indications and complications of total hip replacement in 206 patients in a period of 10 months. They compare the rate of complications with published data. They present pre-operative examination, prophylaxis and specific problems in their conditions.

Total hip replacement.

Total hip replacement for juvenile chronic arthritis.

We review the results of 96 primary total hip replacements in 54 patients with juvenile chronic arthritis at five years or longer after surgery. The mean age at operation was 16.7 years (range 11.25 to 26.6); the follow-up period averaged 11.5 years. The clinical results in terms of pain, range of movement, mobility and function are presented. A revision procedure was required in 24 hips (25%) ...