Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block in Acute and Chronic Pain Management in Hip Fracture Patients

Summary

This study evaluates the effect of fascia iliaca compartment block (FICB) in the management of acute post -surgical pain in hip fracture patients and in the appearance of chronic post -surgical hip pain, by means of von Korff Graded Chronic Pain Scale -modified for hip pain in Greek. Half of the patients will not receive fascia iliaca compartment block.

Timeline

Start

2015-06

Primary completion

2018-01

Completion

2018-01

Publications

• 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.

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