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One
of the products featured by Dr. Grazer to assist with post-op care is ON-Q. ON-Q is put in place by your surgeon and
provides continuous pain relief in those important
first days after surgery. ON-Q is a small high-tech
balloon that holds local anesthetic (a pain numbing
medication) and delivers it through a tiny specially-designed
tube placed directly into the surgical incision site.
The medication is delivered continuously and slowly
for several days after surgery. Similar to your dentist
injecting Novocain into your mouth to create a numbing
effect, ON-Q soaks the surgical site to create a numbing
effect. Because ON-Q directs the medication only into
the area where you have pain, the rest of your body
stays in a normal and comfortable state.
The
result?
Your pain is relieved and you avoid
the nausea, breathing problems, drowsiness, grogginess,
constipation or sleepiness, all of which are side
effects of narcotic painkillers.
ON-Q
is typically used for these operations:
- Abdominoplasty
— The removal of excess skin near and around the
lower abdomen with tightening of the abdominal muscles
— also known as Tummy Tuck
- Breast Augmentation
— Increasing breast size through insertion of
implants
- Breast Reduction
— Removal of a section of the breast to decrease
size or mass
- Breast Reconstruction
— Reconstruction of a breast that has been removed
due to cancer or other disease
For more information
please contact
Dr. Grazer to see if this treatment is right for your
next surgery.
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