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Pain Medication Injected into Abdominal Muscle During Tummy Tuck?

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Janne1Feb 6, 2013

I've heard that there is a pain medication that is injected into the abdominal muscles during a tummy tuck and lasts 72 hours. What is it called? Is it commonly used by surgeons?

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