Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block in Acute and Chronic Pain Management in Hip Fracture Patients

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study evaluates the effect of fascia iliaca compartment block (FICB) in the management of acute post -surgical pain in hip fracture patients and in the appearance of chronic post -surgical hip pain, by means of von Korff Graded Chronic Pain Scale -modified for hip pain in Greek.

Half of the patients will not receive fascia iliaca compartment block.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Asklepieion Voulas General Hospital
• Treatments: Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• ASA I-III (American Society of Anesthesiologists classification)

• intertrochanteric fractures

• fractures of femoral neck

Exclusion Criteria:

• existing pain in hip Joint to be operated

• cognitive or mental disorder

• administration of analgesic drugs prior surgery

• contraindications of spinal anesthesia

• refusal to participate in the study