Thursday - July 16, 2026

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UPenn Pearlman School of Medicine: Myth Busted - General Anesthesia Just as Safe as Spinal Anesthesia After Broken Hip Surgery
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 11 (TNSJou) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: New research shows that the rates of survival, functional recovery, and post-operative delirium are similar for patients whether they underwent general anesthesia or spinal anesthesia for hip fracture surgery. This work, from the largest randomized study ever conducted to compare the two anesthesia techniques, challenges common thinking that patients wh  more