Retrospective Cohort Study
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World J Clin Cases. Mar 26, 2022; 10(9): 2721-2732
Published online Mar 26, 2022. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i9.2721
Association between anesthesia technique and complications after hip surgery in the elderly population
Ling-Song Guo, Li-Nan Wang, Jian-Bing Xiao, Min Zhong, Gao-Feng Zhao
Ling-Song Guo, Li-Nan Wang, Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong Province, China
Jian-Bing Xiao, Min Zhong, Gao-Feng Zhao, Department of Anaesthesiology, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine (the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine), Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong Province, China
Author contributions: Guo LS and Wang LN contributed equally to this work; Guo LS, Wang LN, Zhao GF, Xiao JB, Zhong M designed research; Guo LS, Wang LN, Zhao GF performed research; Guo LS, Zhao GF, Xiao JB contributed new analytic tools; Guo LS and Wang LN analyzed data; Guo LS and Zhong M wrote the paper.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the [Ethics Committee of Guangdong Provincial Chinese Hospital, Guangzhou, China (Chairperson Prof J. Liu)] Institutional Review Board (Ethics approval number: ZE2020-288-01).
Informed consent statement: All study participants or their legal guardian provided informed written consent about personal and medical data collection prior to study enrolment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the Authors have no conflict of interest related to the manuscript.
Data sharing statement: Technical appendix, statistical code, and dataset available from the corresponding author at email address. Participants gave informed consent was not obtained but the presented data are anonymized and risk of identification is low for data sharing.
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Corresponding author: Gao-Feng Zhao, MD, Doctor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine (the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine), No.111 Dade Road, Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong Province, China. zhaogaofengzyy@163.com
Received: October 10, 2021
Peer-review started: October 10, 2021
First decision: December 10, 2021
Revised: December 24, 2021
Accepted: February 12, 2022
Article in press: February 12, 2022
Published online: March 26, 2022
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Core Tip

Core Tip: This is a retrospective cohort study. We used the propensity score matching to compare the preoperative data of retrospectively selected patients between groups. A total of 309 patients were selected to evaluate whether different anesthesia methods affect the incidence of postoperative complications of hip surgery in elderly patients. The current results showed no difference in postoperative complications between elderly patients undergoing hip surgery under spinal anesthesia and general anesthesia.