“…Suprascapular nerve block is the second effective alternative. In our hospital, the treatment of pain resulting from fractures isolated or not from the scapula, consists of continuous suprascapular nerve block with the patient in the sitting position, although the supine position being also described for the same disease 11,16 . Satisfactory results of continuous suprascapular nerve block in other situations, such as postoperative analgesia 10,15 and shoulder oncologic pain 12,17 , have broadened such blockade indications.…”