Research from Robert D. Sanders, MD, shows major surgery is associated with a small decline in memory and thinking skills as we age -- less than five months of natural brain aging. Dr. Sanders is an assistant professor in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Anesthesiology and an investigator with the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. His research was published in The BMJ last week.
Read a press release about this study.
Dr. Sanders' research was covered in several news outlets. "UW Study: Major surgery's impact on brain is smaller than feared" was published in the Wisconsin State Journal on August 8, 2019. "UW Study Indicates Brain Bounces Back After Anesthesia" aired on Wisconsin Public Radio on August 12, 2019. "Major surgeries linked to small decline in mental functioning in older age" was published in the Washington Post on August 13, 2019.
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