Unanticipated transient sciatic nerve deficits from intra-wound liposomal bupivacaine injection during total hip arthroplasty
Liposomal bupivacaine (Exparel®) is a novel formulation of local anesthetic used to provide extended postoperative analgesia as part of a multimodal pain control regimen in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty. In the three total hip arthroplasty cases described, all patients exhibited a tra...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-06-01
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| Series: | Arthroplasty Today |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344115000308 |