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

Wang 2015.

Study characteristics
Methods Parallel RCT
Approved by the ethics committee and informed consents obtained
Site: University Hospital, Beijing, China
Data collection: October 2015 to December 2016
Funding: departmental/institutional and governmental
Registration: ChiCTR‑IPR‑15007283
Participants 88 ASA classification III or IV, very elderly (age ≥ 80 years) participants with hip fracture, complicated by at least 1 cardiovascular, neurological, or pulmonary disease
Excluded: more than 1 fracture; allergy to amide local anaesthetics, paracetamol, or tramadol; infection at the puncture site; peripheral neuropathy; contraindication to spinal block; renal insufficiency; dementia; preoperative waiting time ≥ 5 days
Type of fracture: femoral neck or intertrochanteric femur fracture
Anaesthetic technique for surgery: combined spinal/epidural
Surgical technique: proximal femoral nail anti‐rotation (76.1%), hemi‐arthroplasty (17.1%), cannulated screws (3.4%), or total hip replacement (3.4%)
Mean age: 83.9 years (range ≥ 80 years)
Percentage female: 65%
Length of follow‐up: in‐hospital (mean 10 and 14 days)
Interventions Intervention: continuous fascia iliaca block (N = 44)
Comparator: sham block with saline (N = 44)
Outcomes Relevant to this review.

  1. Pain.

  2. Myocardial infarction.

  3. Pneumonia.

  4. Mortality.

  5. Costs.

  6. Myocardial ischaemia.

  7. Participant satisfaction.

  8. Complications.


Not relevant to this review.

  1. Analgesia‐associated side effects.

  2. Cerebral complications.

  3. Length of hospital stay.

  4. Hospital costs.

  5. Blood loss.
Notes Conflict of interest: none
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2018.6417
Email sent on 5 January 2020
Sources obtained for risk of bias assessment.

  1. Journal article with results of the trial.

  2.  Non‐commercial trial registry record.