title: Analgesia in patients with fractured shaft of femur.
abstract: Patients who have suffered from a fracture of the shaft of the femur require urgent pain relief and this is most effectively achieved by block of the femoral nerve.
mesh_terms: D005264:Femoral Fractures; D005267:Femoral Nerve; D006801:Humans; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods*