Status:
COMPLETED
Analgesic Effect of Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block in Geriatric Patients With Hip Fracture
Lead Sponsor:
United Christian Hospital
Conditions:
Hip Fractures
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
As population in Hong Kong is aging, incidence of geriatrics hip fractures rises. Operative treatment for selective patients offers pain control, early mobilization and reduction in medical morbiditie...
Detailed Description
This study is a randomized control, single blinded trial. It tests the hypothesis that fascia iliaca compartment block using local anaesthetic agent for pre-operative analgesia in patients with hip fr...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 65 or above
- Patients admitted Orthopaedic and Traumatology ward in United Christian Hospital
- Radiographically confirmed unilateral fracture hip
- Patient requiring pre-operative analgesia
- Mentally competent
- Informed consent signed
Exclusion
- Age less than 65
- Presence of more than one fracture
- Patient refusal to participating in this study
- Known true allergy or previous anaphylactic reaction to local anaesthetic
- Previous femoral-bypass surgery, or near a graft site.
- Previous surgery over the injection site
- Inflammation, infection, or hernia over the injection site
- INR \>1.4
- Platelet count \<100x 10\^9/L
- Patient on heparin / fondaparinux / rivaroxaban / dabigatran / ticlopidine / clopidogrel / prasugrel / cilostazol
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 14 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
80 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04478552
Start Date
June 1 2019
End Date
October 14 2021
Last Update
May 23 2023
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United Christian Hospital
Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong