In Arthroscopic Hip Surgery, Pre-op Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block Does Not Improve Pain Control

San Francisco—In patients undergoing arthroscopic hip surgery, the addition of a preoperative fascia iliaca compartment block to intra-articular local anesthetic injection showed no improvement in postoperative analgesia and resulted in leg weakness, compared with placebo.

According to the researchers, these results contradict earlier reports and suggest that the fascia iliaca compartment block fails to change a patient’s pain experience due to incomplete coverage of the surgical