Study design
infection, fracture, dementia, coagulopathy
MAY, INFECTION, CHRONIC PAIN, COAGULOPATHY
Local Ethics Committee (Ondokuz Mayıs Universitesi - Klinik Araştırmalar Etik Kurulu : 2021/I740) and Ministry of Health approval as well as clinicaltrials.org registration (NCT04871061, Registration date: 04/05/2021) was obtained for this prospective, randomized, controlled, assessored study. The study was conducted in the Anesthesiology Department at Çiğli Training and Research Hospital from May 2021 to May 2022. The CONSORT checklist for the study can be found in Fig. Patients aged between 35 and 90 years that were scheduled to undergo hip fracture surgery under spinal anesthesia were recruited for the study. Those with contraindications for spinal anesthesia or PENG block (infection at injection site, low ejection fraction, coagulopathy etc.), dementia or similar cognitive function impairments that made participation in some components of the study inadequate, analgesia use within the last 12 h and those with another fracture or problem leading to chronic pain were excluded from the study. In addition, patients who were scheduled for urgent surgery due to hip fracture were excluded. Again, patients who could not obtain written informed consent to participate in the study were excluded from the study.
Flow chart of the study