“…Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD), characterized by memory, attention, and executive ability impairment (Hood et al, 2018 ), is highly prevalent in the elderly following orthopedic surgery and is associated with poor clinical outcomes and worst quality of life (Moller et al, 1998 ; Needham et al, 2017 ; Deiner et al, 2021 ). Preventive and/or treatment strategies for POCD development included cognitive and physical exercise (O'Gara et al, 2020 ; Duan et al, 2022 ), appropriate depth of anesthesia (Chan et al, 2013 ), goal-directed fluid therapy (Zhang et al, 2018 ), effective postoperative analgesia (Kristek et al, 2019 ), and pharmacologic interventions [e.g., edaravone (Zhang et al, 2020 ), methylene blue (Deng et al, 2021 ), dexmedetomidine (Su et al, 2016 ), and stains (Alam et al, 2018 )]. The incidence of POCD in orthopedic patients remains as high as 24.6–75% (Rodriguez et al, 2005 ; Koch et al, 2007 ; Ji et al, 2013 ; Li et al, 2019 ); thus studying new preventive strategies is urgently needed.…”