Why the study?
Does regional anesthesia improve in-hospital mortality and morbidity compared to general anesthesia in geriatric patients undergoing emergency hip fracture surgery?
Population
16,695 patients 65 years of age and older who underwent emergent hip fracture repairs between 2009 and 2014…
Comparison
General anesthesia or intraoperative conversion… vs Regional anesthesia (RA)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
In-hospital
Authors
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GA was associated with higher mortality than RA; leaves open whether regional anesthesia improves outcomes in geriatric hip fracture surgery.
Does regional anesthesia improve in-hospital mortality and morbidity compared to general anesthesia in geriatric patients undergoing emergency hip fracture surgery?
Regional anesthesia may offer advantages over general anesthesia for fragility hip fracture surgeries, as general anesthesia was associated with increased in-hospital mortality, longer length of stay, and lower rates of home discharge.
Qiu et al. (2018) studied this question.
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