San Diego—In adult patients undergoing internal fixation of a fracture of the femur, anterior 3-in-1 femoral block and posterior lumbar plexus block have been found to provide comparable analgesia in a recent clinical study.
Although the anterior approach resulted in a higher percentage of incomplete blockade, pain scores and opioid requirements did not differ significantly from the posterior approach.
“Irrespective of the fact that there was significantly more obturator sparing,