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Sep 2026
Spinal versus general anaesthesia and serious complications in older patients undergoing hip fracture surgery in Germany: a multicentre randomised clinical trial.
BACKGROUND Evidence on the optimal anaesthetic technique for hip fracture surgery is scarce. We evaluated the effects of spinal versus general anaesthesia on all-cause mortality and new-onset serious cardiac and pulmonary complications in older patients undergoing hip fracture surgery. METHODS We conducted the pragma...
A. Kowark, Stefanie Schoenen, Rene Schmidt et al.
· The Lancet Healthy Longevity · 1 citation