Plastic Surgery

Investigators at Georgetown University target plastic surgery

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, July 17th, 2009

According to recent research from the United States, "This study evaluated narcotic use after deep inferior epigastric perforator flap breast reconstruction when a local anesthetic catheter was used. A retrospective analysis was performed comparing 40 consecutive control patients (no catheter) to 40 consecutive study patients who had received a pain pump catheter."

"The catheter was left in the abdomen for 72 hours. Using an equianalgesic table, all narcotic doses (oral and intravenous) were converted to intravenous morphine equivalents. Initial average 24-hour morphine requirement for the control group was 42 mg compared with 33 mg for the study group (P = 0.04). Total...

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Source: Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly (2009-07-17)

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