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Fascia iliaca block inferior to spinal morphine for analgesia in THA under spinal anaesthe

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September 2017

Fascia iliaca block inferior to spinal morphine for analgesia in THA under spinal anaesthe

Vol: 6| Issue: 9| Number:4| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:N/A
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

A randomised, controlled, double blind, non-inferiority trial of ultrasound-guided fascia iliaca block vs. spinal morphine for analgesia after primary hip arthroplasty

Anaesthesia. 2016 Dec;71(12):1431-1440

Contributing Authors:
A Grant P Harrison R Kearns A Macfarlane K Puxty M Shaw K Anderson J Kinsella

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Synopsis

108 patients scheduled for total hip arthroplasty under spinal anaesthesia were randomized to postoperative analgesia with either an ultrasound-guided fascia iliaca block, or the addition of 10ug morphine to spinal anaesthesia. All patients were managed with intravenous patient-controlled morphine postoperatively. The fascia iliaca block group demonstrated inferior analgesia to the spinal morphine...

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