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

Spansberg 1996.

Study characteristics
Methods Parallel RCT
Approved by the ethics committee and informed consents obtained
Site: University Hospital of Aarhus, Denmark
Data collection: not stated
Funding: no information
Registration: no information
Participants 20 participants with hip fracture surgically treated
Excluded: no information
Type of fracture: femoral neck fracture
Anaesthetic technique for surgery: spinal block
Surgical technique: no information
Mean age: 81 years (range 58 to 91)
Percentage female: unclear
Length of follow‐up: in‐hospital
Interventions Intervention: continuous femoral nerve block (N = 10)
Comparator: sham block (N = 10)
Outcomes Relevant to this review.

  1. Pain.

  2. Opioids.

  3. Complications.


Not relevant to this review.

  1. Opioid side effects.

  2. Urinary retention.
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.