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Fascia iliaca compartment block for hip/femur fracture pain

Report By: Mayank Agrawal - SpR Emergency Medicine
Search checked by Samer Elkhodair - Consultant Emergency Medicine
Institution: St Georges Hospital NHS Trust
Date Submitted: 24th July 2008
Last Modified: 5th August 2008
Status: Red (incomplete)

Three Part Question

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