Surgery

...anesthetic drugs to Alzheimer's or dementia. (Although doctors have long noted that about 10% of patients who receive anesthetics for major surgery experience a temporary period of "post-operative cognitive decline" after coming out of...

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...mild cognitive impairment or early Alzheimer's disease are particularly vulnerable and experience significant cognitive decline following surgery or illness. Of 575 participants from the ADRC database, 214 were categorized as nondemented...

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...researchers say. The findings of a new study, published in the November issue of Anesthesiology, challenge the widely held belief that elderly patients suffer major deterioration in mental function after surgery. "The concerns...

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...cognitive ability, too," said Evers. Knowing how people functioned for years before and after surgery or illness allowed them to learn whether a major event somehow changed their cognitive trajectories. But it did not, even in patients with...

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Post bypass surgery dementia may be less of a problem than thought ... incidence of prior bypass surgery among dementia patients and control patients. ...

In rare cases, surgery may be used to remove a brain tumor or to treat normal-pressure hydrocephalus, both of which can cause dementia. Other causes of dementias ...

Ovary Removal Surgery Elevates Risk for Dementia. Wednesday, April 05, 2006 ... risk of dementia or cognitive impairment is higher when the surgery takes place ...

... challenge in treating dementia is identifying cases (albeit uncommon) of reversible dementia such as chronic drug ... scheduled surgery, initiation of ...

Can Bypass Surgery Cause Dementia? ... that bypass surgery can cause dementia? Share. Dr. Thoralf Sundt answers the question: 'Can Bypass Surgery Cause Dementia? ...