EDITORIAL COMMENT Re: Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) with low dose spinal anesthesia in outpatients: a 5 year review.

摘要

This is a useful paper evaluating three types of spinal anesthetics used in patients undergoing TURP. This is a retrospective paper and the authors chose to look at specific parameters related to the procedure, recovery from anesthetic time and PACU duration. The patients received one of three anesthetic agents: low dose bupivicaine, continuous dose lidocaine or low dose lidocaine. Patients in the low dose lidocaine group had significantly shorter PACU stays when compared to the other two groups. There were no differences in readmission rates for bleeding in any of the groups.