The aim of the study is to demonstrate the efficacy of PENG block as the main anesthetic technique to manage perioperative analgesia for hip fracture surgery compared to femoral and obturator nerve block in patients with contraindications to spinal anesthesia.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
Preoperative ultrasound guided PENG block (ropivacaine 0.5 % 20 mL)
Preoperative ultrasound guided femoral nerve block (ropivacaine 0.5 % 15 mL)
Preoperative ultrasound guided obturator nerve block (ropivacaine 0.5 % 5 mL)
Campus Bio Medico
Roma, Italy
preoperative pain
Preoperative pain score expressed by numerical rating scale 0-10
Time frame: 30 minutes
Pain following regional anesthesia
Preoperative pain score following regional anesthesia execution expressed by numerical rating scale 0-10
Time frame: 30 minutes
Postoperative pain
Postoperative pain score expressed by a numerical rating scale 0-10
Time frame: 24 hours
Morphine milligrams (mg) consumption
needed opioid rescue therapy
Time frame: 24 hours
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