Comparative Effectiveness of Regional versus General Anesthesia for Hip Fracture Surgery in Adults
Anesthesiology, 06/26/2012
Neuman MD et al. – Regional anesthesia is associated with a lower odds of inpatient mortality and pulmonary complications among all hip fracture patients compared with general anesthesia; this finding may be driven by a trend toward improved outcomes with regional anesthesia among patients with intertrochanteric fractures.



