Total intravenous anesthesia for geriatric hip fracture with severe systemic disease

ConclusionGeriatric patients who underwent hip surgery under FICB  + TIVA required fewer ICU admissions, shorter lengths of ICU and hospital stay, and had lesser postoperative opioid consumption than those who were under GA. Hence, we recommend the novel FICB + TIVA technique for hip fracture surgery in geriatric patients with poor general health status an d high surgical risks (ASA IV).
Source: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery - Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research