For those surgeons that Exparel as part of a full abdominoplasty, realistically how many days does it provide relief for most of your patients? I know the standard answer is 2-3 days but am wondering what you see in your practice. Thank you in advance !
April 22, 2016
Answer: Exparel 3d Exparel lasts for approximately 3 days. It makes tummy tuck recovery much more reasonable and we use it for >90% of our patients. The only down-side is the additional $350 cost, but is well worth it considering the pain relief.
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April 22, 2016
Answer: Exparel 3d Exparel lasts for approximately 3 days. It makes tummy tuck recovery much more reasonable and we use it for >90% of our patients. The only down-side is the additional $350 cost, but is well worth it considering the pain relief.
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April 22, 2016
Answer: Exparel lasts about 24 hours I used Exparel for about a year and when we polled patients on their pain relief, most of them said it gave them less than 24 hours of pain relief. It's very expensive for such little benefit. So, I have gone back to using the pain pumps that last a full 3 days.
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April 22, 2016
Answer: Exparel lasts about 24 hours I used Exparel for about a year and when we polled patients on their pain relief, most of them said it gave them less than 24 hours of pain relief. It's very expensive for such little benefit. So, I have gone back to using the pain pumps that last a full 3 days.
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