TKR anaesthetic

sarniewhite80
sarniewhite80 Member Posts: 9
edited 4. Nov 2024, 09:19 in Living with arthritis

Hi I'm having my TKR on the 28th October I would prefer to have epidural anaesthetic but my hospital letter says that I have to have a general anaesthetic is this normal

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  • Ellen
    Ellen Moderator Posts: 1,797

    Hi @sarniewhite80

    I hope you will get the chance to discuss options available to you as regards what type of anaesthetic would be suitable for your TKR prior to the surgery. To be honest these days the vast majority of members having procedures like yours have tended to have them done with epidural.

    I'd be interested to see what the outcome is.

    Best wishes

    Ellen.

  • Nurina
    Nurina Member Posts: 389

    I've received a General Anaesthetic letter too with my appointment and I found it's very weird because I had epidural with my last surgery 9 months ago and the nurse and I talked about it during my preop. I assumed they send this "standard procedure" letter because it contains the information I'd need about when not to eat, what to drink and all this stuff. Take care

  • Hi all had my TKR on the 28th October had epidural discharged on the 29th October in a great deal of pain at the moment very difficult doing all the physio but really try my best back to the hospital on Tuesday for checkup

  • alwayssewing
    alwayssewing Member Posts: 71

    I had information about both types of anaesthetics in my letters . It probably saves work having it all together rather than having two different letters to print. I had both hips done this year with epidural and sedation.

    I hope all goes well for you .