Fascia iliaca compartment block for hip/femur fracture pain

Date First Published:

July 24, 2008

Last Updated:

August 5, 2008

Report by:

Mayank Agrawal, SpR Emergency Medicine (St Georges Hospital NHS Trust)

Search checked by:

Samer Elkhodair, St Georges Hospital NHS Trust

Three-Part Question:

[In patients with painful hip/femur fracture] can [Fascia iliaca compartment block] be used to [control pain as an alternative]