Perioperative medicine & outcomes
General anesthesia is an acceptable choice for hip fracture surgery
Authors' conclusion
General anesthesia is an acceptable choice for hip fracture surgery.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with hip fractures undergoing surgery2 RCTs (REGAIN and RAGA)
- Participants
- 2,550 patients
- Comparison
- Spinal vs general anaesthesia for hip fracture surgery
- Outcome
- Mortality, delirium, ambulation at 60 days
Methodological detailsopinion
- Opinion
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Spinal anesthesia did not confer a mortality benefit, a reduction in delirium or a greater proportion able to ambulate at 60 days
Original publication
General anesthesia is an acceptable choice for hip fracture surgery. Reg Anesth Pain Med. Published 28 March 2023. doi:10.
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