The Pain-Relief Pump in Plastic Surgery

Experiencing pain after surgery is never very pleasant. Pain is bad…not only because it hurts but also because it slows down healing. Studies have shown that patients who experience pain heal more slowly than patients who have less pain. Pain raises your blood pressure which causes more bruising and swelling. Pain limits a patient’s mobility, may result in depression and slows down the recovery process.

A caring surgeon works hard to try and minimize the pain that their patients experience after their operations. That’s why Dr. Lista has introduced the revolutionary procedure of the Pain-Relief Pump for patients undergoing surgery at the Plastic Surgery Clinic.

The Pain-Relief Pump is a small automatic device about the size of an MP3 player that is filled with the long acting local anesthetic agent bupivacaine. Tiny catheters, not much wider than a human hair, lead from the pump to the surgical site and slowly drip the freezing solution around the area of the operation. The pump is worn on a little belt around the patient’s waist and is completely automatic. This is exactly the same process as is used during an epidural but instead of going to the back, the freezing solution drips into the area of the surgery. The only thing that is affected is the pain at the surgical site. The pump is usually discontinued 24 hours after surgery. The result is amazing. Patients have no pain following surgery…none.

Dr. Lista’s patients at the Plastic Surgery Clinic are among the first patients in Canada to routinely enjoy the benefits of the Pain-Relief Pump and experience a pain free recovery after plastic surgery. The results are extraordinary. Patients have almost no pain. Most need nothing stronger than plain Tylenol after surgery. Although Dr. Lista gives all his patients prescriptions for pain medications such as Tylenol #3 or Percocet just in case they need it, almost every patient  has said that they didn’t need to take any of these strong narcotics. This has been a huge relief to many patients who have experienced negative side effects to major narcotics. Such side effects include nausea, vomiting, stomach upset and allergic reactions. The Pain-Relief Pump has eliminated these side effects because they have no pain, so they don’t need to take any of these upsetting medications.

Dr. Lista offers the Pain-Relief Pump routinely to most patients undergoing breast augmentation and tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) surgery. Patients undergoing other procedures often benefit form the Pain-Relief Pump as well. Dr Lista’s patients now experience no pain, heal faster, feel happier, have less swelling and just recover faster. The Pain-Relief Pump has proven invaluable in plastic surgery patients and is almost exclusively available at The Plastic Surgery Clinic.

This is what patients say about the Pain-Relief Pump:

“Dr Lista. I’ve had lots of surgery in the past but I’ve never had an operation that didn’t hurt at all. The pain pump was amazing. Thank you so much for offering it to me.”

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“To everyone at the clinic. You guys are amazing. I always have a bad reaction with pain pills. I was so afraid of being sick after my surgery. Instead I had no nausea and didn’t throw up once. I had no pain so I didn’t need to take any pain pills. Your anesthetic and the pump were fantastic.”

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