Efficacy of Femoral Nerve Block vs Fascia Iliaca Block for preoperative analgesia in fracture neck of femur

Efficacy of Femoral Nerve Block vs Fascia Iliaca Block for preoperative analgesia in fracture neck of femur: a randomised unblinded comparison study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN81000264

Enrollment

120

Registered

2011-10-12

Start date

2011-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Fracture of femur Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning Fracture of neck of femur

Interventions

Femoral Nerve Block versus Femoral Iliaca Block

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients male or female, admitted with diagnosis of fracture neck of femur 2. Patients with capability to give informed consent with Mini Mental Score Examination (MMSE) = 8/10. MMSE is routinely performed on initial assessment of these patients.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Respiratory rate less than 10 beats per minute (bpm) 2. Systolic Blood Pressure less than 100 mm Hg 3. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) less than 12/15 4. Anticoagulant therapy (warfarin / heparin infusion). Not contraindicated in patients taking low dose aspirin 1.5, Platelets < 80,000 6. Previous femoral vascular surgery 7. Hepatic Impairment 8. Debilitated or acutely ill patients 9. Patient refusal 10. Known hypersensitivity to local anaesthetic agents of amide type 11. MMSE < 8/10. Standard exclusion criteria for the local anaesthetic nerve block as per local protocol

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Differences in pain scores using the Linear Analogue Pain score immediately before and 2 hours after performing the block	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Statistical difference between the consumption of analgesics in the 12 hours after the block	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026