LKnative – Fascia iliaca compartment block

Indications

Postoperative analgesia after:

– hip surgery

– anterior thigh surgery

– knee surgery

Only when a femoral nerve block and/or a lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block is not feasible

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Anatomy of the fascia iliaca compartment

The fascia iliaca is the muscle fascia of the iliacus muscle and is continuous with the fascia of the psoas major muscle

Laterally it is attached to the iliac crest

The femoral as well as the lateral femoral cutaneous nerves are located underneath the fascia iliaca

The idea of the fascia iliaca block is to inject a large volume of local anaesthetic midways between the femoral and lateral femoral cutaneous nerves in order to obtain lateral and medial spread that will cover both nerves