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#30 - Is Opioid-Free Joint Replacement Recovery Possible? Andrew Wickline, MD
Can patients undergo hip or knee replacement without needing opioids afterward?
In Episode #30, Dr. Matthew Sloan welcomes fellowship-trained adult reconstruction surgeon Dr. Andrew Wickline to discuss how modern recovery protocols are changing one of the biggest challenges in orthopedic surgery: postoperative pain.
Dr. Wickline explains how reducing swelling, limiting unnecessary physical therapy, optimizing patient education, and using evidence-based multimodal pain strategies have allowed most of his patients to recover with little or no opioid use. He also shares lessons learned…
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