Hip Fracture and Regional Anesthesia

Abstract

Abstract Hip fractures are a very common injury in the elderly population and carry significant risks of morbidity and mortality. There are a variety of factors that increase someone’s risk of sustaining a hip fracture, so identification of these factors and preoperative prevention is of utmost importance. Expedited surgical repair is the standard of care, although significant questions remain regarding the use of general versus neuraxial anesthesia. Multimodal analgesia, including the use of peripheral nerve blockade, is strongly recommended in both the pre- and postoperative environment. Multiple nerve blocks have been developed to block the complex innervation of the hip joint, including the femoral nerve block and fascia iliaca compartment block.