Analgesia for Positioning Hip Fracture Patients for Spinal Anesthesia

NCT02037633 ↗

Completed 41 enrolled Asklepieion Voulas General Hospital

RandomizedParallel-groupSingle-blindTreatment

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare two analgesic methods performed preoperatively to assist positioning patients for performance of spinal anesthesia, namely fascia iliaca blockade and intravenous fentanyl.

Timeline

Start: 2012-07
Primary completion: 2013-02
Completion: 2013-02

Publications

Background Yun MJ, Kim YH, Han MK, Kim JH, Hwang JW, Do SH. Analgesia before a spinal block for femoral neck fracture: fascia iliaca compartment block. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2009 Nov;53(10):1282-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02052.x. Epub 2009 Jul 22.
Background Hogh A, Dremstrup L, Jensen SS, Lindholt J. Fascia iliaca compartment block performed by junior registrars as a supplement to pre-operative analgesia for patients with hip fracture. Strategies Trauma Limb Reconstr. 2008 Sep;3(2):65-70. doi: 10.1007/s11751-008-0037-9. Epub 2008 Sep 2.
Guay J, Kopp S. Peripheral nerve blocks for hip fractures in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Nov 25;11(11):CD001159. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001159.pub3.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Fentanyl	Other / unclassified	—	Intravenous
Comparator	Ropivacaine	Other / unclassified	—	—

Indications

No indication recorded.