%0 Journal Article
%T Comparison of Liposomal Bupivacaine for Pain Management after Immediate and Delayed Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Free Flap Reconstruction | Insight Medical Publishing
%A Amir Ghaznavi
%A Andrea Moreira
%A Graham Schwarz
%A James Gatherwright
%A Raffi Gurunluoglu
%A Rebecca Knackstedt
%A Risal Djohan
%A Steven Bernard
%J Journal Impact Factor : 0.30*
%D 2018
%R 10.4172/2472-1905.100039
%X Patient analgesia can be addressed pre, intra and post-operatively. The utilization of local anesthetics administered intra-operatively is limited by the medication¡¯s short duration of action. However, an intraoperative transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block can be utilized to anesthetize the T6-L1 intercostal nerves that supply the anterior abdominal wall. This provides analgesia to the abdominal wall, which has been identified as the largest source of post-operative pain following abdominally-based autologous tissue breast reconstruction.
%U http://aesthetic-reconstructive-surgery.imedpub.com/comparison-of-liposomal-bupivacaine-for-pain-management-after-immediate-and-delayed-deep-inferior-epigastric-perforator-free-flap.php?aid=22370