Outcomes After Receipt of Neuraxial or Regional Anesthesia Instead of General Anesthesia for Lower Limb Revascularization Surgery: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Derek J Roberts   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD ;   Hannah Dreksler   ¹ , MD ;   Sudhir K Nagpal   ¹ , MD ;   Allen Li   ¹ , BSc ;   Jeanna Parsons Leigh   ³ , PhD ;   Timothy Brandys   ¹ , MD ;   Prasad Jetty   ¹ , MD, MSc ;   Luc Dubois   ^{4, 5} , MD, MSc ;   Henry T Stelfox   ^{6, 7} , MD, PhD ;   Daniel I McIsaac   ^{2, 8} , MD, MPH

¹ Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

² Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada

³ School of Health Administration, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

⁴ Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Western University, London, ON, Canada

⁵ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Western University, London, ON, Canada

⁶ Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁷ O’Brien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁸ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada