Shedding Light on Depth: A Meta-analysis of Light Versus Deep Anaesthesia and Postoperative Neurocognitive Outcomes in Elderly Surgical Patients.

Cureus · 2025 · PMC12776236 · PMID 41510409

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Although hospital stay showed a trend favouring light anaesthesia (MD = -0.81 days; 95% CI: -1.85 to 0.24; P = 0.13), this result was not statistically significant (I2 = 89%).

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The pooled MD was -0.81 days, favouring the light anaesthesia group, although this result did not reach statistical significance (MD = -0.81; 95% CI: -1.85, 0.24, P = 0.13).

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