Spinal Anesthesia or General Anesthesia for Hip Surgery in Older Adults.
Mark D NeumanRui FengJeffrey L CarsonLakisha J GaskinsDerek DillaneDaniel I SesslerFrederick SieberJay MagazinerEdward R MarcantonioSamir MehtaDiane MenioSabry AyadTrevor StoneSteven PappEric S SchwenkNabil ElkassabanyMitchell MarshallJ Douglas JaffeCharles LukeBalram SharmaSyed AzimRobert A HymesKi-Jinn ChinRichard SheppardBarry PerlmanJoshua SappenfieldEllen HauckMark A HoeftMark GiskaYatish S RanganathTiffany TedoreStephen ChoiJinlei LiM Kwesi KwofieAntoun NaderRobert D SandersBrian Frazer Scott AllenKamen VlassakovStephen KatesLee A FleisherJames DattiloAnn TierneyAlisa J Stephens-ShieldsSusan S Ellenbergnull nullPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2021)
Spinal anesthesia for hip-fracture surgery in older adults was not superior to general anesthesia with respect to survival and recovery of ambulation at 60 days. The incidence of postoperative delirium was similar with the two types of anesthesia. (Funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute; REGAIN ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02507505.).