New Orleans—Adding to the debate regarding the best anesthetic technique in patients undergoing hip fracture repair, an analysis of almost 3,000 patients concluded that both continuous and single-injection spinal anesthesia resulted in less hypotension than general anesthesia.
“As the population ages, we’re seeing more and more elderly patients who undergo hip fracture repair,” said Jeff C. Gadsden, MD, associate professor of anesthesiology at Duke University Medical