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However, limited literature exists regarding its use in patients undergoing same-day discharge (SDD) TKA. This study evaluated the clinical outcomes and safety of chloroprocaine compared with those of mepivacaine.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>This retrospective study of 178 patients who underwent primary TKA at a single ambulatory surgery center from March 2022 to June 2023 compared chloroprocaine (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009114) and mepivacaine (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200964) spinal anesthesia. Surgical outcomes, including estimated blood loss (EBL), operative time, discharge time, 90-day emergency department visits, and 90-day readmissions, were evaluated. In addition, anesthesia-related complications such as hypotension, bradycardia, urinary retention, and postanesthesia care unit (PACU) outcomes were recorded. Continuous variables between the chloroprocaine and mepivacaine groups were compared via independent sample <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>-tests, whereas categorical variables were analyzed via chi-squared tests. A <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>-value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>There were no differences in the baseline characteristics between the two groups. The chloroprocaine group had a significantly shorter operative time (73.1 versus 84.9\u00a0min, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and faster discharge (3.7 versus 4.2\u00a0h, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), with no difference in EBL. Patients in the chloroprocaine group had a lower incidence of urinary retention (2.5 versus 15.6%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.004), a lower proportion of patients who needed a urinary catheter (2.6 versus 14.1%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.004), and fewer postoperative complaints of numbness (19.3 versus 39.1%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.004). There were no differences in surgical complications.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Compared with mepivacaine, chloroprocaine spinal anesthesia for SDD TKA was associated with lower rates of urinary retention, a reduced need for urinary catheterization, fewer neurological complaints in the PACU, and faster discharge times. No differences were observed in surgical outcomes between the groups, and there were no instances of unplanned direct admissions. These results suggest that chloroprocaine can be safely used as a reliable alternative to mepivacaine in outpatient TKA.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s43019-025-00283-4","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,7]],"date-time":"2025-08-07T14:14:40Z","timestamp":1754576080000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Retrospective comparison of chloroprocaine and mepivacaine in spinal anesthesia for same-day discharge TKA"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"37","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-7937-602X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Noah","family":"Gilreath","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jonathan","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cameron","family":"Thomson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohammad","family":"Daher","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sandi","family":"Caus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Harrison","family":"Dunn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"suffix":"Jr.","given":"Valentin","family":"Antoci","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Thomas","family":"Barrett","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eric","family":"Cohen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,7]]},"reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"283_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"60","DOI":"10.5435\/JAAOS-D-14-00259","volume":"24","author":"CS Moucha","year":"2016","unstructured":"Moucha CS, Weiser MC, Levin EJ (2016) Current strategies in anesthesia and analgesia for total knee arthroplasty. 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