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Exparel is a new long acting local anesthetic. i would like to hear from anyone currently using it and for what.
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I have seen : Mixed results with tissue infiltration vis a vis duration. I am awaiting the results from the nerve block trials.
Answered 2/27/2014
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Spine surgery : I don't personally use Exparel but there is one ortho/spine surgeon i know who uses it for all his cases after lumbar surgeries (including distractions, fusions etc).
Answered 10/2/2017
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CT Surgery: We started using it in our port access mitral valve and aortic valve operations instead of On-Q 6 months ago and have been very happy with the results. We jsut started using it in Video assisted thoracoscopic surgical (VATS) operations and thoracotomies that we do not do thoracic epidurals for and have been amazed by the early results (selected cases for the past 2 months).
Answered 9/23/2017
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