Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Fascia Iliaca Block in the Emergency Department for Analgesia After Femoral Neck Fracture
Brief Summary:
Femoral neck fracture is very common in the elderly and can produce severe to moderate pain. As this pathology is not life-threatening, waiting time in the emergency department may be prolonged due to the high number of unforeseen cases with patients remaining in pain.
Fascia iliaca block consists of injecting local anaesthetics below the fascia iliaca, resulting in the anaesthesia of the femoral, the lateral cutaneous and the obturator nerves, with effective analgesia.