Fascia Iliaca Blocks for Pain Control After Total Hip Arthroplasty

The patient will be brought to the block room within 30 minutes of arriving in recovery. An injection of local anesthetic into the fascia iliaca compartment using ultrasound guidance will be administered. The patient will then be transported back to recovery.

The patient will be brought to the block room within 30 minutes of arriving in recovery. An ultrasound probe will be placed to the skin and a blunt needle will be touched to the patient's skin in the area that a fascia iliaca compartment block would be performed. The patient will then be transported back to recovery.

A one time dose of 40 milliliters of 0.5% bupivacaine will be injected into the fascia iliaca compartment