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Local bupivacaine infusion following bone graft harvest from the iliac crest
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Wordsley Hospital, Stourbridge, UK.
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
|October 1, 1996
Abstract:
A method of local analgesic delivery to the donor site after the harvest of autogenous corticocancellous bone from the iliac crest is described. The technique reduces the need for postoperative systemic analgesia and facilitates early patient mobilization.