Tuncer 2003.

Study characteristics
Methods	Parallel RCT Approved by the ethics committee and informed consents obtained Site: Konya, Turkey Funding: no information Registration: no information
Participants	40 ASA I to II participants with hip fracture, undergoing surgery for trochanteric hip fracture Excluded: coagulation abnormality, age < 18 or > 80 years, weight < 50 or > 100 kg, known allergy to bupivacaine or opioids, previous analgesic treatment with opioids, inability to understand pain scales or use a patient‐controlled analgesia device Type of fracture: trochanteric femur fracture Anaesthetic technique for surgery: general anaesthesia Surgical technique: trochanteric fracture repair Mean age: 59 years (range not stated) Percentage female: not stated Length of follow‐up: in‐hospital
Interventions	Intervention: continuous femoral (3‐in‐1) nerve block (N = 20) Comparator: no nerve block (N = 20)
Outcomes	Relevant to this review. Pain. Participant satisfaction (ascending scale from 1 to 4). Not relevant to this review. Opioid side effects. Time to first walk. Participant satisfaction (rated as excellent, good, moderate, or poor; we assigned scores from 1 to 4 to compare data)
Notes	Conflict of interest: no information DOI: 10.1016/S1366‐0071(03)00004‐4 Email sent to study authors on 24 May 2015, to ask for additional information; no reply