Desflurane or Propofol Anesthesia in Elderly Obese Patients Undergoing Total Knee Replacement

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Obesity, Arthritis

In brief

You are invited to participate in a research study assessing your mental status in the first days after your surgery and how you will be doing in the 2 years following the surgery. The investigators hope to learn more about the incidence of postoperative confusion and a possible relation with 2 anesthesia techniques that are routinely used. The first one is an anesthesia technique that uses the inhaled anesthetic gas desflurane and the second one is an anesthesia technique that uses the anesthetic propofol administered by infusion in a vein. The investigators are also looking to see if there is a relationship between anesthesia technique and cardiovascular outcomes. You were selected as a possible participant in this study because at your age this phenomenon appears to have a greater incidence.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01270620

Run by

Pedro Paulo Tanaka

People needed

100

Starts

2010-12-01

Expected to finish

2015-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-10-22

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age > 65 years old
• Body mass index > 30 kg/m2
• Undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty surgery
• American society of anesthesiology classification II-III

You may not qualify if…

• Patient refusal to participate in the study
• Patient refusal or failure of regional block
• Patients with preexisting neuro-cognitive disorders
• Known intolerance to any of the drugs to be used according to the study protocol

Where it is running

• Stanford University School of Medicine — Stanford, California, United States

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