Ultrasound-guided femoral nerve blocks are not superior to ultrasound-guided fascia iliaca blocks for fractured neck of femur.

Alannah L CooperYusuf NagreeAdrian GoudiePeter R WatsonGlenn Arendts

Published in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2018)

Ultrasound-guided FNB is not superior to ultrasound-guided FICB, with both facilitating an equivalent analgesia effect in patients with a neck of femur or proximal femur fracture.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
fine needle aspiration
bone mineral density
finite element
hip fracture