
Trauma
Femoral neck fracture: femoral versus fascia iliaca compartment nerve block
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original publication.
Anaesthesia. 2013 Sep;68(9):899-903
107 patients with an isolated femoral neck fracture were randomly assigned into 1 of 2 groups to compare the effectiveness of fascia iliaca compartment block to femoral nerve block. Results demonstrated that patients who received femoral nerve block experienced less pain 12 hours after treatment completion than those in the fascia iliaca compartment block group. Patients in the femoral nerve block group also required less morphine after intervention to cope with their pain.
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