Source: Medical Xpress
Sarah Tierney, M.D., from the University of Toronto, and colleagues conducted a retrospective study to examine the correlation of anesthetic technique and mortality in patients undergoing hip fracture fixation over a 13-year period. A total of 2,591 patients who underwent hip fracture fixation were identified; 883 of these in the SA group were matched to patients in the GA group. Clinical, laboratory, and outcome data were obtained, and mortality data were collected from the hospital discharge database.