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Long-term cognitive outcomes after surgery and anesthesia: what we find depends on where we look.

Hyundeok JooLaura Y LiElizabeth L Whitlock
Published in: Current anesthesiology reports (2023)
Patients should be reassured that, while anecdotes of durable cognitive change after surgery are easily accessible, most patients experience cognitive recovery after major surgery. However, those who do not recover deserve characterization of their symptoms and investigation of modifiable causes to facilitate cognitive recovery.
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