EXPAREL Provides Pain Relief When It Matters Most
EXPAREL in Bariatric Surgery
Multimodal Protocols & Results
Multimodal approaches with or without ERAS protocols have demonstrated benefits in bariatric surgery
Societies Recommend Opioid-Minimizing Pain Management Platforms
Leading medical societies recommend opioid-minimizing pain management strategies to enhance recovery after bariatric surgery
ASA
Best Practices. Clinical Anaesthesiology, 2011
Because of the high incidence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in obese patients and other studies showing that morbidly obese patients have increased perioperative airway obstruction and desaturations even without OSA, the focus with regard to pain management has to be on opioid-sparing multimodal approaches.7
ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists.
ASA
2014 Practice Guidelines for OSA
…regional analgesic techniques should be considered to reduce or eliminate the requirement for systemic opioids in patients at increased perioperative risk from OSA.8
For superficial procedures, consider the use of local anesthesia…8
ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists.
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