Lateral Supratrochanteric Approach to Sciatic and Femoral Nerve Blocks in Children: A Feasibility Study

Table 2

Main study results.

	SNB	FNB	Total
Procedure duration, minutes (M ± m)	2.4 ± 0.2	2.59 ± 0.23	4.9 ± 0.5
Number of attempts, n (M ± m)	2.5 ± 0.3	2.7 ± 0.27	5.3 ± 0.63
Skin-to-nerve distance, cm (M ± m)	9.1 ± 0.45	8.8 ± 0.5	—
Adverse events, n	0	0	0
IO fentanyl, n	—	—	2 (9.5%)
IO fentanyl, mcg/kg (M ± m)	—	—	1.8 ± 0.2
PO NRS score, points (M ± m)	—	—	0.34 ± 0.08