Jones 1985.

Study characteristics
Methods	Parallel RCT Informed consents obtained Site: Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, Hampstead, London, UK Data collection: not mentioned Funding: no information Registration: no information
Participants	19 participants with an extracapsular hip fracture treated with a pin and plate or a sliding hip screw Excluded: other painful lesions, signs of moderate or severe dementia, < 65 years of age, systemic disease indicating an alternative method of anaesthesia (e.g. spinal) Type of fracture: extracapsular hip fracture Anaesthetic technique for surgery: general anaesthesia Surgical technique: pin and plate or a sliding hip screw Mean age: 82 years (range 67 to 93) Percentage female: 95% Length of follow‐up: 24 hours
Interventions	Intervention: lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block (N = 10) Comparator: no nerve block (N = 9)
Outcomes	Relevant to this review. Opioids. Mortality. Not relevant to this review. Duration of analgesia.
Notes	Conflict of interest: no information DOI: n/a No email address Sources obtained for risk of bias assessment. Journal article with results of the trial.