Non-narcotic acute pain relief after ambulatory aesthetic surgery.
Acute postoperative pain after ambulatory aesthetic surgery that involves large muscles or multiple-area soft tissue traumas may be effectively managed without narcotics. The authors describe how they use COX-2 inhibitors, bolus (large-area local anesthetic), or continuous-infusion local anesthetic. (Aesthetic Surg J 2002;22:493-494.).
Casas
Laurie A
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Jewell
Mark L
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