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COMPARING THE EASE OF POSITIONING IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH HIP FRACTURE USING TWO LOWER LIMB NERVE BLOCKS

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Registration Number
CTRI/2023/04/051879
Lead Sponsor
DR. PRIYANKA CHAWLA
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1.Patients belonging to ASA grade I, II, III

2.Patients of either sex, above the age of 65 years

3.Patients with hip fractures not older than 2 weeks with persistent pain ( NRS >5) , posted

for surgery under subarachnoid block

4.BMI between 18.5-30 Kg/m2

Exclusion Criteria

1.Patient refusal

2.Patients with allergy or contraindication to local anaesthetics

3.Patients on opioid therapy for chronic pain taken 8 hours before surgery

4.Patients with pre-existing spinal deformity- scoliosis , ankylosing spondylitis , history of

spine surgery < 3 months ago

5.Patients with severe psychiatric illness, cognitive impairment with difficulties in pain evaluation

6.Any contraindication to spinal anaesthesia or peripheral nerve blocks

7.Patients with End stage renal disease

8.Patient with polytrauma

9.Previous history of femoral bypass surgery

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To compare the ease of spinal positioning between the groups receiving supra-inguinal fascia iliaca compartment block and Pericapsular nerve group blockTimepoint: 20 minutes and 30 minutes
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To compare pre-procedural and post-procedural NRS scores at rest and movement , sitting angle using a goniometer , the time to perform spinal anaesthesia , total analgesic consumption postoperatively in the first 24 hours ,patient satisfaction scoresTimepoint: At the end of surgery , 6 hours post surgery , 12 hours post surgery , 24 hours post surgery
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