Treatment of Digital Ischemia with Liposomal Bupivacaine

Objective. This report describes a case in which the off-label use of liposomal bupivacaine (Exparel) in a peripheral nerve block resulted in marked improvement of a patient’s vasoocclusive symptoms. The vasodilating and analgesic properties of liposomal bupivacaine in patients with ischemic symptom...

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Main Authors: José Raul Soberón, Scott F. Duncan, W. Charles Sternbergh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/853243