Comparison of Analgesic Efficacy of PENB Block with FICB in Post Operative Hip Fracture Patients

Pain Medicine Department

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Post-operative Pain Management; Hip Fracture Surgery

Treatments: Drug: FICB Block; Drug: PENG block

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05810012

Comparison PENG versus FICB

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was done to evaluate two different interventions for postoperative pain control in patients undergoing hip surgeries. Fifty patients, divided in two equal groups, were included in the study. Patients in Group P were given pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block while those in Group F were given fascia iliaca compartment block (FICB). Pain score, using Numeric Rating scale as a measurement tool, was assessed at one, six, eighteen and twenty fours after the procedure as a primary outcome. Total tramadol consumption in milligrams was recorded as a secondary outcome.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• surgical correction of fracture neck of femur under spinal anaesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• allergy to local anaesthetics
• bleeding disorders
• morbid obesity with BMI more than 35
• patients of chronic pain
• drug addiction
• psychiatric issues

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

PENG Block Group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Drug: PENG block

FICB Group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Drug: FICB Block