Effects of anterior approach to quadratus lumborum block on postoperative cognitive function following hip surgery in older people: a randomized controlled clinical trial
Manhua Zhu, Yuliu Mei, Ruifen Zhou, Lingzhi Wang, Xiaoyan Zhang · 2023
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Description
Manhua Zhu and co-authors test a nerve block for thinking protection after hip surgery in a 2023 trial. Older patients often face cognitive fog after hip repair. A quadratus lumborum block numbs the surgical zone through the back muscles. Whether it also guards the mind was unknown.
Sixty older patients were split by chance into block and control arms. Thinking tests ran before surgery and at one week and one month after. Pain and comfort scores fill the first two days. Blood inflammation markers were drawn around surgery. Rescue pain drug use and first steps out of bed are timed. The trial weighs pain control against brain outcomes in one frame.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Manhua Zhu, Yuliu Mei, Ruifen Zhou, Lingzhi Wang, Xiaoyan Zhang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |