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Just an inquiry

I am not looking for medical advice and I know that I will meet with anesthesia before my surgery, but that is 6 weeks away and I was just curious about something the surgeon mentioned.

I am having ankle surgery and the doctor mentioned that inaddition to being under general the anesthesiologist would put in a "pain catheter with a ball of pain medicine" in the incision.

Does this mean it will stay in for a while after surgery or is this just for the procedure?

Is this basically something like PCA only without the patient control?

Again, I will be asking more questions when I meet with anesthesia, but was just wondering about this.

TIA

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What they are speaking of is a nerve block with an indwelling catheter with a reservoir of pain medication in it.

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Thank you for the replies and the website! :up: This helps and now I know what to ask when I talk with anesthesia.

i believe he is referring to depodor ball/pump. you can google it and the info,good luck with surg....

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