Anaesthesia
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Anaesthesia for surgical correction of fractured femoral neck. A comparison of three techniques.
Sixty patients with fractured neck of femur and scheduled for surgical correction were randomly allocated to receive one of three anaesthetic techniques: general anaesthesia; spinal analgesia; psoas compartment block. The patients in the local anaesthetic groups also received a light general anaesthetic. There was little difference in the pre-, intra- and postoperative events, and no difference in postoperative mortality.