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[Cold therapy] is something that actively decreases narcotic consumption, so we can theoretically prescribe less postoperatively,” Sara L. Edwards, MD, professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of California San Francisco, told Healio about results presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting. “The whole goal is to not have patients get addicted. Rotator cuff surgery is the most painful sports surgery that we do. It has the highest rate of addiction of sports medicine surgery. That is a big issue with us.
Source: Healio
