Madabushi 2016.

Study characteristics
Methods	Parallel RCT Approved by the ethics committee and informed consents obtained Site: MS Ramaiah Medical College and Hospitals, Bangalore, India Data collection: no information Funding: departmental/institutional Registration: no information
Participants	60 ASA status I to III participants undergoing surgery for all types of femoral neck fractures Excluded: patients with bleeding diathesis and neuropsychiatric complaints, those on previous opioid therapy or with polytrauma Type of fracture: intertrochanteric or neck fracture Anaesthetic technique for surgery: spinal block Surgical technique: not mentioned Mean age: 59.6 years (range 25 to 75) Percentage female: 47% Length of follow‐up: 24 hours
Interventions	Intervention: fascia iliaca block (N = 30) Comparator: no nerve block (N = 30)
Outcomes	Relevant to this review. Pain during positioning for spinal anaesthesia. Opioid requirements (number of participants who required rescue analgesia; not retained for this review). Complications. Not relevant to this review. Quality of positioning. Haemodynamic variables. Time required for performance of spinal anaesthetic technique
Notes	Conflict of interest: none DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2016.09.014 Email sent on 5 January 2020