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. 2020 Nov 25;2020(11):CD001159. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001159.pub3

Domac 2015.

Study characteristics
Methods Parallel RCT
Approved by the ethics committee and informed consents obtained
Site: Samsun, Turkey
Data collection: no information
Funding: departmental
Registration: no information
Participants 40 ASA I to III participants undergoing hip fracture repair under spinal anaesthesia
Excluded: < 65 years of age or > 80 years of age, peripheral neurological disease, mental disorder, allergy to amide local anaesthetics, coagulation/haemostasis disease, moderate or severe liver or kidney failure, contraindication to or refusing fascia iliaca block
Type of fracture: hip fracture
Anaesthetic technique for surgery: spinal block
Surgical technique: not mentioned
Mean age: 70.5 years (range 65 to 80)
Percentage female: 62.5%
Length of follow‐up: 48 hours
Interventions Intevention: fascia iliaca block (N = 20)
Comparator: no nerve block (N = 20)
Outcomes Relevant to this review.
  1. Pain.

  2. Opioid requirements.

  3. Participant satisfaction.


Not relevant to this review.
  1. Quality of positioning for spinal block.

  2. Onset of spinal block.

  3. Duration of analgesia.

  4. Opioid side effects.

  5. Haemodynamic variables.

  6. Cognitive function.

  7. Haemodynamic variables.

Notes Conflict of interest: "authors do not report any conflict of interest"
DOI: n/a
SDs of 0.00 entered as 0.001
Email sent on 5 January 2020
Sources obtained for risk of bias assessment.
  1. Journal article with results of the trial.