Regional anaesthesia for hip fracture surgery is associated with significantly more peri-operative complications compared with general anaesthesia

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1321-1327

  Whiting, Paul S ^a   Molina, Cesar S ^a   Greenberg, Sarah E ^a   Thakore, Rachel V ^a   Obremskey, William T ^a   Sethi, Manish K ^a  

^a Medical Center East   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; General anaesthesia; Geriatrics; Hip fracture; Regional anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMA; DATA BASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE BLOCK; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE BLOCK; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84932198115     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-015-2735-5     Document Type: Article

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