Femoral Nerve Block
Regional Anesthesia and Chronic Pain Applications
Femoral Nerve Block
- Lies deep to the ileopectineal arch, and overlying the groove between the iliac and psoas muscles
- 2 layers of fascia beneath the skin (superficially the fascia lata and deeper the iliacus fascia).
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Locating the Femoral Nerve
- First locate the femoral artery and ve
in and then examine the space lateral to the artery - Nerve- a roundish or oblong, bright (echo-dense) structure when viewed transversely with ultrasound
- May contain bright dots which represent the nerve fascicles it holds inside
References
and Interesting Articles
- Sykes Z, Pak A. Femoral Nerve Block. [Updated 2021 Aug 8]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2022 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK546704/
- Szűcs, S., Morau, D., Sultan, S.F. et al. A comparison of three techniques (local anesthetic deposited circumferential to vs. above vs. below the nerve) for ultrasound guided femoral nerve block. BMC Anesthesiol 14, 6 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-14-6
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Tekgül, Z.T., Bilgin, M.U. & Kayalı, C. Efficiency of femoral nerve block for recovery after primary total knee arthroplasty. Ain-Shams J Anesthesiol 14, 17 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42077-022-00217-2
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