Does regional anesthesia improve safety and surgical outcomes compared to general anesthesia in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgeries?
Regional anesthesia appears preferable to general anesthesia for elderly patients with hip fractures due to reduced blood loss, shorter hospital stays, and shorter surgery duration with comparable safety.
Our pooled analysis identified no significant differences in terms of the safety between RA and GA, while RA reduces intraoperative blood loss, length of hospital stays and duration of surgery. These results suggest that RA appears to be preferable for the elderly patients with hip fractures.
Cao et al. (Fri,) studied this question.