Postoperative Analgesia With Local Infiltration After Femoral Neck Fracture

Odense University Hospital50 enrolled

Overview

Reducing pain is an essential factor for early mobilization after osteosynthesis of femoral neck fractures. Systemic opioids have side effects that might obstruct mobilization and induce delirium and nausea. The investigators hypothesized that wound infiltration results in reduction in systemic opioid usage and pain relief without side effects.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Femoral Neck Fracture

Interventions

RopivacaineDRUG

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Femoral neck fracture * Fracture due to low energy trauma * Ability to understand danish and give informed consent * Ability to walk before trauma * Indication for osteosynthesis * ≥ 8 in OMC (Orientation-Memory-Concentration) test with a possible maximum of 28 points * Informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Drug or medical abuse * Drug intolerance * Pathological fractures * Inflammatory arthritis * Patient included in the study with the contralateral hip

Locations (1)

Odense University Hospital

Odense, Denmark

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Consumption of opioids

Secondary Outcomes

Pain

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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