Complete surgical pain management

Dr. Ming Kao
Sep 3, 2018 · 1 min read

While opioids are often necessary to treat surgical pain, some patients end up feeling “stuck” on high-dose opioids. A complete pain management plan before, during, & after surgeries can minimize the need of opioids. Most patients need opioids only up to 4 weeks, rarely up to 12 weeks.

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Dr. Ming Kao

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Pain physician & PhD computational biologist @StanfordPain • Advanced pain interventions with CIPS & FIPP • Opinions mine & not medical advice

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Pain Clinic Chief Stanford Pain, Harvard PhD in computational biology & statistics

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