Cost Comparison Between General Anesthesia and Regional Anesthesia in Shoulder Operations

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05406609

Enrollment

Registered

2022-06-06

Start date

2022-06-07

Completion date

2022-06-28

Last updated

2022-07-06

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Conditions

Anesthesia

Keywords

cost, Regional anesthesia, Shoulder

Brief summary

Shoulder surgery can be done not only arthroscopy but also open technic. General or regional anaesthesia can be used at this surgery. Anaesthetic choice can be changed by comorbidity factors, patients or surgeons choice etc. At this study we aimed compare the general and regional anesthesia costs during operating room.

Detailed description

General anesthesia or ultrasound guided brachial plexus blocks (interscalene, superior trunk) can be used during shoulder surgery, as our routine. In this retrospective study, the data of patients who underwent shoulder surgery under regional or general anesthesia between 01 August 2021 and 31 March 2022 (8 months) in the operating room of the Samsun University Education and Research Hospital will be investigated. The characteristics of the patients such as age, presence of additional disease, operation indication, duration of stay in the operating room, and intraoperative medical agents will be recorded. Fees for materials used for general anesthesia and regional anesthesia will be determined. A fixed cost will be determined for the use of the operating room, including the salaries of healthcare workers. After calculating the group costs between both groups, statistical analyzes will be made.

Interventions

OTHERCost

Costs of operating room, drugs and equipments which are used by anesthesia

OTHERTime

Time of using operating room

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 75 Years

Inclusion criteria

* Open shoulder surgery, ASA I, II and III

Exclusion criteria

S * shoulder Arthroscopy , used regional anesthesia for only analgesia, American society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score IV patients, emergency

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Cost of regional and general anesthesia	6 months	Calculation of peroperative cost of patients undergoing shoulder surgery under general or regional anesthesia, excluding surgical materials

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Time	6 months	Measuring the time of using operating room for shoulder surgery under general or regional anesthesia

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026