Table 1 A summary of nerve involvement after the different injection techniques.

From: A radiological cadaveric study of obturator nerve involvement and cranial injectate spread after different approaches to the fascia iliaca compartment block

 

S-FICB-H (9 blocks)

S-FICB (8 blocks)

FNB (8 blocks)

I-FICB (9 blocks)

FN, n (%)

9 (100.0)

8 (100.0)

8 (100.0)

2 (22.2)

LFCN, n (%)

9 (100.0)

8 (100.0)

7 (87.5)

4 (44.4)

ON, n (%)

0 (0.0)

1 (12.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

  1. FN femoral nerve, LFCN lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, ON obturator nerve, S-FICB(-H) suprainguinal fascia iliaca compartment block with or without hydrodissection, FNB femoral nerve block, I-FICB infrainguinal fascia iliaca compartment block.
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