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