New: Total Hip Arthroplasty

Current review: published 2026

Carella M, Bugada D, Van de Velde M, Beloeil H, Albrecht E, Lavandhomme P, Raeder J, Joshi GP, PROSPECT Working Group of the European Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Therapy.

PROSPECT guideline for total hip arthroplasty: updated systematic review and procedure-specific postoperative pain management recommendations.

Anaesthesia. 2026 Jul 20. doi: 10.1111/anae.70299. Online ahead of print.

Previous recommendations:

M. Anger, T. Valovska, H. Beloeil, P. Lirk, G. P. Joshi, M. Van de Velde, J. Raeder, on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group and the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy. PROSPECT guideline for total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review and procedure-specific postoperative pain management recommendations. Anaesthesia 2021; 76: 1082–1097. doi: 10.1111/anae.15498.

Accompanying editorial:

F. W. Abdallah, C. J. L. McCartney. Recommendations for total hip arthroplasty pain management: what’s old, what’s new and what continues to be missing? Anaesthesia 2021; 76: 1018–20. doi: 10.1111/anae.15502.

Correspondence

J. Raeder, G. P. Joshi. PROSPECT guidelines for total hip arthroplasty: a reply. Anaesthesia 2022;77:1306. doi: 10.1111/anae.15566. Epub 2021 Aug 14.

Comment on: F. Robin, N. Newman, S. Garneau, M. Roy. Anaesthesia 2021;76:1424. doi: 10.1111/anae.15541. Epub 2021 Jul 12.

Earlier recommendations:

PROSPECT recommendations for total hip arthroplasty were initially published in 2005 (Fischer 2005; Archive: Total Hip Arthroplasty 2004) and updated in 2010 (Archive: Total Hip Arthroplasty 2010).