Surgery with general anesthesia
Surgery with general anesthesia has been studied in 1 paper since 2024: 1 observational study in people. The newest paper, Dec 9, 2024: “The impact of surgery with general anesthesia on cognitive function and putamen volume: a cross-sectional study among older adults”.
1 paper studies it2 findingsUpdated
“older adults with a history of surgery under general anesthesia had lower Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores”
None of its findings points the other way.
- 1 lab in 1 country
- Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Humans1
What did studies of Surgery with general anesthesia find?
2Studies of Surgery with general anesthesia measured 2 outcomes; the most studied are putamen volume (1 study) and cognitive function (1).
Putamen volume
downin humans1
1 study
Putamen volume
downin humans1
Surgery with general anesthesia is linked with lower putamen volume in humans (p < 0.05).
“older adults with a history of surgery under general anesthesia had lower Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores and smaller right putamen volumes (p < 0.05).”
Humansputamenn = 194
Frontiers in aging neuroscience
Cognitive function
downin humans1
1 study
Cognitive function
downin humans1
Surgery with general anesthesia is linked with worse cognitive function in humans (p < 0.05).
“older adults with a history of surgery under general anesthesia had lower Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores”
Humansn = 194
Frontiers in aging neuroscience