Ranjit 2016.

Study characteristics
Methods	Parallel RCT Approved by the ethics committee and informed consents obtained Site: Dhulikhel Hospital, Kathmandu University Hospital Dhulikhel, Kavre, Nepal Data collection: January 2015 to December 2015 Funding: no information Registration: no information
Participants	40 ASA I or II participants undergoing surgery for proximal femur fracture Excluded: bleeding diathesis, known adverse reaction to amide local anaesthetics, polytrauma, inability to assign pain score for any reason, use of analgesics 6 hours before surgery Type of fracture: proximal femur fracture Anaesthetic technique for surgery: spinal block Surgical technique: closed reduction fixation for proximal femur fracture Mean age: 61.7 years (range 18 to 75) Percentage female: 37.5% Length of follow‐up: intraoperative
Interventions	Intervention: femoral nerve block (N = 20) Comparator: no nerve block and intravenous fentanyl (N = 20)
Outcomes	Relevant to this review. Pain during positioning for spinal anaesthesia. Complications. Not relevant to this review. Quality of positioning. Rescue analgesia. Time required to perform spinal block. Haemodynamic variables.
Notes	Conflict of interest: no information DOI: n/a Email sent on 5 January 2020 Sources obtained for risk of bias assessment. Journal article with results of the trial.