@ARTICLE{Mosaffa, author = {Mosaffa, Faramarz and Esmailijah, Ali-Akbar and Khoshnevis, Seyyed-Hassan and }, title = {Comparison of the effect of facia iliaca block and intravenousfentanyl in reduction the pain of broken femoral shaft duringpositioning patient for spinal anesthesia}, volume = {1}, number = {4}, abstract ={Background and aims: The patients with fractures of femoral shafts have severe andvigorous pain which limit their lateral positioning to perform spinal anesthesia. To detect anappropriate resolve for decreasing their pain, we decided to compare facia iliaca block and ivfentanyl injection.Materials and Method: This study was performed as a randomized single blind sequentialclinical trial. Prior to spinal anesthesia, pain score evaluated through visual analogue scale (VAS)[from 0 to 10] after that, patients randomly divided in to two groups, 10 members in each group.In the first group patients received 1.5 mg/kg fentanyl intravenously. Once their condition wassuitable to achieve the position, VAS again assessed. In second group after facia iliaca block(20ml lidocaine 2%) VAS evaluated, and then the patients positioned laterally to perform spinalanesthesia.Results: This study showed that the time for painless lateral positioning in group fascia iliacablock was shorter than group iv fentanyl.VAS score for fascia iliaca block group was lower than iv fentanyl group. The entireinformation mentioned earlier was analytically significant (P }, URL = {http://jap.iums.ac.ir/article-1-94-en.html}, eprint = {http://jap.iums.ac.ir/article-1-94-en.pdf}, journal = {Anesthesiology and Pain}, doi = {}, year = {2011} }