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Published on: August 17, 2017
General versus spinal anesthesia for the elderly hip fractured patient
Ana Kowark1, Rolf Rossaint, Mark Coburn
1Department of Anaesthesiology, Medical Faculty RWTH Aachen, Germany.
Purpose Of Review:
There is an urge to improve care for patients with hip fracture. The present review will compare the efficacy of spinal versus general anesthesia for patients requiring hip fracture surgery.
Recent Findings:
The present review gives an overview with particular emphasis on literature published during the past 24 months.
Summary:
So far, no clear evidence form randomized trials exists to identify the best anesthesia technique for hip fracture surgery. However, several large-scale pragmatic trials are ongoing and will provide future guidance.
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