Advances in clinical medicine and the extensive application of medical technology have projected relatively good outcome in bone replacement surgeries. Bone replacement surgery needs a multitude of perioperative complexities as the patients pose multi-faceted challenges to the anesthesiologists. An understanding of these is crucial to assist the final outcome for the patient. The patients of bone replacement range from the elderly with reduced physiological reserves and multiple comorbidities.
The trauma patient whose associated injuries have the potential to significantly influence the anesthetic management. Bone replacement surgical procedure falls into one of the following types: Hemiarthroplasty Total joint replacement Segmental or total bone replacement Revision bone replacement surgery. Predictive risk factors Mostly, the bone replacement patients are at higher risk for adverse…
