The nerve originates from the L2/L3 segments and travels down, lateral to the psoas muscle. It crosses the iliacus muscle deep to the fascia and then passes through or under the lateral part of the inguinal ligament. It runs superficially and divides into anterior and posterior branches to innervate the lateral thigh. The course of the nerve can be variable. One study of cadaveric specimens fou...

AIM To analyse the morbidity arising from autogenous bone graft harvesting, graft resorption and implant survival in grafted sites. MATERIALS AND METHODS Only comparative clinical trials on the harvest of autogenous bone grafts were selected. Studies were excluded if they compared autogenous bone grafts to bone substitutes or vascularised free bone grafts. RESULTS A total of 24 studies were...

Background: Postoperative pain is one of the major problems in patients with femoral or hip fracture. Current study investigates the effect of 0.2% and 0.3% bupivacaine in ultrasound-guided fascia iliaca compartment block (FICB) on postoperative pain.   Methods: This randomized clinical trial study was conducted in Rasoul Akram Hospital of Iran University of Medical Sciences. Forty-eigh...

Background and Aims: Different kinds of adjutants are used with local anesthetics during intrathecal procedure for prolongation of action. However, they are not completely free from side effects like postoperative hypoxia and cardiovascular instability. But subsequently, the use of preoperative femoral nerve block on surgical side provides beneficial analgesia to relieve fracture pain before op...

INTRODUCTION Proximal femoral fractures are most common fractures in the elderly. To relieve the pain due to the injury, conventional management modality is administration of systemic opioids and non-steroid anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). In this study, we examined the effectiveness of fascia iliaca compartment block (FICB) in pain management in acute stage for patients with proximal femoral...

The undermining should split the muscle at the middle, and the same amount of muscle should be left in front of and behind the implant. The point X is found introducing a finger into the muscle incision 2–3 cm deeper. This is half of the thickness of the muscle and this is our plane of undermining. Point Y is in the iliac crest 5 cm beyond the upper-posterior iliac spine and is our superior lim...