Mayo Clinic
The purpose of this study is to find out whether injecting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved drug EXPAREL®, a long acting (approximately 96 hours) numbing medication, will reduce pain after rib cartilage removal in comparison to the standard injection of XYLOCAINE®.
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of functional nasal obstruction or aesthetic nasal concern requiring nasal surgery with costal cartilage harvest. * Willing and able to understand and provide written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Known pregnancy. * Women who are currently nursing a child. * History of coagulopathy; such as hemophilia or Von Willebrand disease, or any congenital or acquired bleeding disorder. * Use of anticoagulation medication during the study, i.e. aspirin, Coumadin, Plavix, or medications similar in class to these medications will exclude the patient from partici…
106mg (8 mL) subcutaneous injection injected after costal cartilage harvest
8 mL of 1% lidocaine with 1:100,000 of epinephrine into costal cartilage wound site
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