volume 46 issue 11 pages 971-985

Peripheral nerve block anesthesia/analgesia for patients undergoing primary hip and knee arthroplasty: recommendations from the International Consensus on Anesthesia-Related Outcomes after Surgery (ICAROS) group based on a systematic review and meta-analysis of current literature

Stavros G Memtsoudis 1, 2, 3
Crispiana Cozowicz 4, 5
Janis Bekeris 4, 5
Dace Bekere 4, 5
Jiabin Liu 1, 2, 3
Ellen M. Soffin 1, 2, 3
Edward R. Mariano 6, 7, 8, 9
Rebecca L. Johnson 10, 11
GEORGE GO 1, 2
MARY JEAN HARGETT 1, 2
Bradley H. Lee 1, 2, 3
Pamela Wendel 1, 2, 3
Mark Brouillette 1, 2, 3
Sang Jo Kim 1, 2, 3
Lila Baaklini 1, 2, 3
Douglas S. Wetmore 1, 2, 3
Genewoo Hong 1, 2, 3
Rie Goto 1, 2
Bridget Jivanelli 1, 2
Vassilis Athanassoglou 12, 13
Eriphili Argyra 14, 15
Michael J. Barrington 10, 16
Alain Borgeat 17, 18
Jose De Andres 19, 20, 21, 22
Kariem El-Boghdadly 23, 24
Nabil Elkassabany 25, 26
Philippe Gautier 27, 28
Peter Gerner 4, 5
Alejandro Gonzalez Della Valle 2, 3, 29
Enrique Goytizolo 1, 2, 3
Zhenggang Guo 30, 31
Rosemary Hogg 32, 33
Henrik Kehlet 34, 35
Paul Kessler 36, 37
Sandra L Kopp 10, 11
Patricia Lavand’homme 17, 38
Alan Macfarlane 39, 40
Catherine MacLean 2, 3, 41
Carlos Mantilla 10, 11
Dan McIsaac 42, 43
Alexander Mclawhorn 2, 3, 29
J. M. Neal 17, 44, 45
Michael Parks 2, 46
Javad Parvizi 46, 47
Philip Peng 48, 49
Lukas Pichler 4, 5
Jashvant Poeran 50, 51
Lazaros Poultsides 52, 53
Eric S. Schwenk 30, 54
Brian D. Sites 17, 55
Ottokar Stundner 4, 5, 56, 57
Eric C. Sun 8, 9
Eugene R. Viscusi 30, 58
Effrossyni Gina Votta Velis 30, 59
C. K. Wu 1, 2, 3
Jacques Yadeau 1, 2, 3
NIGEL E. SHARROCK 1, 2, 3
1
 
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Management
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HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY
4
 
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine
5
 
Paracelsus Medical Private University
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Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care Service
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VA Palo Alto Health Care System
8
 
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
10
 
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
11
 
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Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics
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Faculty of Medicine
15
 
Aretaieion University Hospital
17
 
Anesthesiology
19
 
Anesthesia, Critical Care and Multidisciplinary Pain Management Department
21
 
Anesthesia Unit, Surgical Specialties Department
23
 
Anaesthesia
24
 
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
25
 
Anesthesiology and Critical Care
27
 
Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation
28
 
Clinique Sainte-Anne Saint-Remi
29
 
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
30
 
Department of Anesthesiology
32
 
Department of Anaesthesia
33
 
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
34
 
Department of Clinical Medicine
35
 
Rigshosp
36
 
Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy
38
 
St Luc Hospital, University Catholic of Louvain
39
 
School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing
40
 
Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Stobhill Ambulatory Hospital
41
 
Center for the Advancement of Value in Musculoskeletal Care
42
 
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
44
 
Virginia Mason Medical Center
45
 
Benaroya Research Institute
46
 
Orthopedic Surgery
47
 
Rothman Orthopaedic Institute
48
 
Anesthesia
50
 
Orthopaedics/Population Health Science & Policy
52
 
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
53
 
New York Langone Orthopaedic Hospital
56
 
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2021-08-25
scimago Q1
wos Q1
SJR1.411
CiteScore9.6
Impact factor3.5
ISSN10987339, 15328651
General Medicine
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Abstract
Background

Evidence-based international expert consensus regarding the impact of peripheral nerve block (PNB) use in total hip/knee arthroplasty surgery.

Methods

A systematic review and meta-analysis: randomized controlled and observational studies investigating the impact of PNB utilization on major complications, including mortality, cardiac, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, renal, thromboembolic, neurologic, infectious, and bleeding complications.

Medline, PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library including Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, NHS Economic Evaluation Database, were queried from 1946 to August 4, 2020.

The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation approach was used to assess evidence quality and for the development of recommendations.

Results

Analysis of 122 studies revealed that PNB use (compared with no use) was associated with lower ORs for (OR with 95% CIs) for numerous complications (total hip and knee arthroplasties (THA/TKA), respectively): cognitive dysfunction (OR 0.30, 95% CI 0.17 to 0.53/OR 0.52, 95% CI 0.34 to 0.80), respiratory failure (OR 0.36, 95% CI 0.17 to 0.74/OR 0.37, 95% CI 0.18 to 0.75), cardiac complications (OR 0.84, 95% CI 0.76 to 0.93/OR 0.83, 95% CI 0.79 to 0.86), surgical site infections (OR 0.55 95% CI 0.47 to 0.64/OR 0.86 95% CI 0.80 to 0.91), thromboembolism (OR 0.74, 95% CI 0.58 to 0.96/OR 0.90, 95% CI 0.84 to 0.96) and blood transfusion (OR 0.84, 95% CI 0.83 to 0.86/OR 0.91, 95% CI 0.90 to 0.92).

Conclusions

Based on the current body of evidence, the consensus group recommends PNB use in THA/TKA for improved outcomes.

Recommendation: PNB use is recommended for patients undergoing THA and TKA except when contraindications preclude their use. Furthermore, the alignment of provider skills and practice location resources needs to be ensured. Evidence level: moderate; recommendation: strong.

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Memtsoudis S. G. et al. Peripheral nerve block anesthesia/analgesia for patients undergoing primary hip and knee arthroplasty: recommendations from the International Consensus on Anesthesia-Related Outcomes after Surgery (ICAROS) group based on a systematic review and meta-analysis of current literature // Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. 2021. Vol. 46. No. 11. pp. 971-985.
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Memtsoudis S. G. et al. Peripheral nerve block anesthesia/analgesia for patients undergoing primary hip and knee arthroplasty: recommendations from the International Consensus on Anesthesia-Related Outcomes after Surgery (ICAROS) group based on a systematic review and meta-analysis of current literature // Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. 2021. Vol. 46. No. 11. pp. 971-985.
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@article{2021_Memtsoudis,
author = {Stavros G Memtsoudis and Crispiana Cozowicz and Janis Bekeris and Dace Bekere and Jiabin Liu and Ellen M. Soffin and Edward R. Mariano and Rebecca L. Johnson and GEORGE GO and MARY JEAN HARGETT and Bradley H. Lee and Pamela Wendel and Mark Brouillette and Sang Jo Kim and Lila Baaklini and Douglas S. Wetmore and Genewoo Hong and Rie Goto and Bridget Jivanelli and Vassilis Athanassoglou and Eriphili Argyra and Michael J. Barrington and Alain Borgeat and Jose De Andres and Kariem El-Boghdadly and Nabil Elkassabany and Philippe Gautier and Peter Gerner and Alejandro Gonzalez Della Valle and Enrique Goytizolo and Zhenggang Guo and Rosemary Hogg and Henrik Kehlet and Paul Kessler and Sandra L Kopp and Patricia Lavand’homme and Alan Macfarlane and Catherine MacLean and Carlos Mantilla and Dan McIsaac and Alexander Mclawhorn and J. M. Neal and Michael Parks and Javad Parvizi and Philip Peng and Lukas Pichler and Jashvant Poeran and Lazaros Poultsides and Eric S. Schwenk and Brian D. Sites and others},
title = {Peripheral nerve block anesthesia/analgesia for patients undergoing primary hip and knee arthroplasty: recommendations from the International Consensus on Anesthesia-Related Outcomes after Surgery (ICAROS) group based on a systematic review and meta-analysis of current literature},
journal = {Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine},
year = {2021},
volume = {46},
publisher = {Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)},
month = {aug},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2021-102750},
number = {11},
pages = {971--985},
doi = {10.1136/rapm-2021-102750}
}
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Memtsoudis, Stavros G., et al. “Peripheral nerve block anesthesia/analgesia for patients undergoing primary hip and knee arthroplasty: recommendations from the International Consensus on Anesthesia-Related Outcomes after Surgery (ICAROS) group based on a systematic review and meta-analysis of current literature.” Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, vol. 46, no. 11, Aug. 2021, pp. 971-985. https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2021-102750.