A cohort study published in 2021 identified 2.5 million adults in a US health insurance database who had undergone surgery between 2009 and 2017 and had not been prescribed a benzodiazepine during the year before their operation (excluding the month before the operation). The most common surgical procedures were cataract surgery, cholecystectomy and hysterectomy. The patients' mean age was 54 years, and 63% of them were women (1).
展开▼
