The Acute VertEbRal AugmentaTion (AVERT) study: protocol for a randomised controlled, feasibility trial of spinal medial branch nerve block in hospitalised older patients with vertebral fragility fractures
Avril Drummond,
Opinder Sahota,
Simon Bishop,
Dritan Pasku,
Apostolos Fakis,
Anastasios Bastounis,
Chia Wei Tan,
Maribel Cameron,
Yuriy Arlachov,
Michal Czernicki
Affiliations
Avril Drummond
Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Opinder Sahota
Department of Healthcare for Older People, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
Simon Bishop
Centre for Health Innovation, Leadership and Learning, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Dritan Pasku
The Centre for Spinal Studies and Surgery, Queen`s Medical Centre Nottingham, University Hospital NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
Apostolos Fakis
Research and Development, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, UK
Anastasios Bastounis
research fellow
Chia Wei Tan
Health Care of the Older People, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
Maribel Cameron
Health Care of the Older People, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
Yuriy Arlachov
Department of Radiology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Michal Czernicki
Department of Anaesthesia, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, Nottingham, UK