Continuous fascia iliaca block for acute hip fractures: a randomized-controlled pilot study

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¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada. Vicky.Loessin@usask.ca.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

^# Contributed equally.

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Vicky Loessin et al. Can J Anaesth. 2019 Oct.

. 2019 Oct;66(10):1265-1267.

doi: 10.1007/s12630-019-01428-2. Epub 2019 Jun 25.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada. Vicky.Loessin@usask.ca.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

^# Contributed equally.

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Improving care for elderly patients with hip fracture: interdisciplinary collaboration in regional analgesia.
Henderson CY, Abdel-Galil R, Woo MY, Lee JS, Papp S, Madden S, Lui A. Henderson CY, et al. Can J Anaesth. 2019 Jul;66(7):845-846. doi: 10.1007/s12630-019-01362-3. Epub 2019 Apr 8. Can J Anaesth. 2019. PMID: 30963406 No abstract available.

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