Hogg 2009.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods | Parallel RCT Ethics committee approval and participant consents: not stated Site: Belfast, UK Data collection: no information Funding: no information Registration: ISRCTN07083722 |
|
Participants | 39 participants undergoing surgery for femoral neck fracture Excluded: no information Type of fracture: femoral neck fracture Anaesthetic technique for surgery: spinal block Surgical technique: no information Mean age: 78 years (range not mentioned) Percentage female: no information Length of follow‐up: 15 minutes |
|
Interventions |
Intervention: fascia iliaca block (N = 19) Comparator: no nerve block (N = 20) All participants had a block at the end of surgery (part 2 of the study); therefore, for the present review, we retained only part 1 of the study (i.e. pain scores during positioning for spinal block) |
|
Outcomes | Relevant to this review.
Not relevant to this review.
|
|
Notes | Conflict of interest: no information DOI: n/a Conference abstract No email address Sources obtained for risk of bias assessment.
|