Ultrasound Quadratus Lumborum Block Vs Fascia Iliaca Block in Pediatrics Undergoing Hip Surgery .

ultrasound guided fascia iliaca block anesthetizes variable combinations of the femoral nerve , lateral femoral cutaneous nerve , and obturator nerve, and is effective for many painful hip surgeries making it potentially useful for analgesia following Developmental Dysplasia of Hip (DDH) surgery.

ultrasound-guided quadratus lumborum (QL) block provides perioperative somatic, even visceral analgesia for patients including pediatrics, undergoing abdominal or hip surgery. The local anesthetic injected adjacently into the quadrates lumborum muscle spreads in a medial and cranial direction under the crura and arcuate ligaments of the diaphragm, then into the thoracic paravertebral space anesthetizing the hip region