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Anesthetic Techniques and Their Clinical Application for Specific Orthopedic Procedures

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Regional anesthetic and analgesic techniques represent the cornerstones of orthopedic anesthesia; their development and advancement have established new possibilities and have allowed orthopedic surgery to become more available to more patients with comorbidities. While widely used at the Hospital for Special Surgery, variations of regional anesthetic approaches have to be tailored to individual patient comorbidities, preferences, anatomic variations as well as to surgical cofactors. In this chapter we discuss how regional anesthesia can provide focused and sustained pain relief for patients undergoing orthopedic surgery. We further elaborate on how the choice of specific anesthetics and techniques plays a key role in the successful conduct of regional anesthesia. Despite its benefits, the possibility of complications and contraindications must be kept in mind in order to minimize potential harm.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine, and Intensive Care Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

    Ottokar Stundner

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, 535 E70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Cephas P. Swamidoss

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  1. Department of Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA

    C. Ronald MacKenzie

  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA

    Charles N. Cornell

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA

    Stavros G. Memtsoudis

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Stundner, O., Swamidoss, C.P. (2014). Anesthetic Techniques and Their Clinical Application for Specific Orthopedic Procedures. In: MacKenzie, C., Cornell, C., Memtsoudis, S. (eds) Perioperative Care of the Orthopedic Patient. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0100-1_7

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