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

Haddad 1995.

Study characteristics
Methods Parallel RCT
Approved by the ethics committee and informed consents obtained
Site: Stevenage, UK
Data collection: no information
Funding: no information
Registration: no information
Participants 50 participants with an extracapsular hip fracture
Excluded: dementia, inability to rate pain
Type of fracture: extracapsular fracture of the femoral neck
Anaesthetic technique for surgery: not stated
Surgical technique: internal fixation of fracture with a dynamic hip screw
Mean age: 77 years (range 68 to 89)
Percentage female: 70%
Length of follow‐up: in‐hospital
Interventions Intervention: femoral nerve block (N = 25)
Comparator: no nerve block (N = 25)
Outcomes Relevant to this review.

  1. Pain.

  2. Pneumonia.

  3. Mortality.


Not relevant to this review.

  1. Rescue analgesia.

  2. Wound infection.

  3. Urinary tract infection.

  4. Deep venous thrombosis.

  5. Cardiovascular complications.

  6. Pressure sores.
Notes Conflict of interest: no information
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Sources obtained for risk of bias assessment.

  1. Journal article with results of the trial.