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Surgery doubles dementia risk

Older people who undergo general anaesthesia during surgery have an increased risk of developing dementia, according to new research. People over the age of 50 who underwent general anaesthetic had a doubled risk of developing dementia after surgery.

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General anaesthetic could double risk of dementia

Undergoing general anaesthetic could double the risk of developing dementia for those over 50 according to a new study.

General anaesthetic could double risk of dementia

Researchers found that found that during the two to seven years follow up, 661 of the 24,901 anaesthetised patients (2.65%) and 1,530 of the 110,972 non-anaesthetised patients (1.39%) were diagnosed with dementia. Researchers said the figures equate to a 1.99-fold increased risk.

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