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

Chinachoti 2010.

Study name Intrathecal morphine, femoral nerve block, periarticular bupivacaine infiltration for pain after intramedullary hip screw
Methods Parallel RCT, single masking (outcomes assessor)
Approved by the ethics committee and informed consent obtained: to be determined
Site: Mahidol University, Taiwan
Data collection: to be determined
Funding: to be determined
Registration: NCT01219088
Participants 80 ASA I to III participants with femoral neck fracture from 18 to 90 years of age
Excluded: contraindication to spinal anaesthesia, inability to use patient‐controlled analgesia, body weight < 30 kg, body mass index > 35 kg/m2, history of research drug allergy, previous history of hip surgery on the same side, pathological fracture (severe infection, bone cancer)
Type of fracture: femur fracture
Anaesthetic technique for surgery: spinal anaesthesia
Surgical technique:  intramedullary hip screw
Mean age: (range ): to be determined
Percentage female: % to be determined
Length of follow‐up: 48 hours
Excluded: patients with contraindication to spinal anaesthesia, inability to use patient‐controlled analgesia, body weight < 30 kg, body mass index > 35 kg/m2, history of research drug allergy, previous history of hip surgery on the same side, pathological fracture (severe infection, bone cancer)
Interventions Intervention: femoral nerve block
Comparator 1: no block
Comparator 2: intrathecal morphine
Comparator 3: periarticular infiltration
Outcomes Relevant to this review.
  1. Pain.

  2. Opioids.

  3. Participant satisfaction.


Not relevant to this review.
  1. Opioid side effects.

Starting date First posted: 13 October 2010
Study start date:  September 2010
Study completion date: September 2012
Last update posted: 4 August 2011
Contact information Thitima Chinachoti, MD
Notes Conflict of interest: to be determined
DOI: to be determined