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MARCH 12, 2025

Cryoablation May Prevent Post-op Pain From Abdominal Wall Surgery

By Monica J. Smith
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Ian Hodgdon, MD

In patients undergoing abdominal wall surgery, cryoablation administered subcutaneously up to a month before surgery is showing potential to keep them numb and free of pain for weeks and possibly months after surgery, reducing or eliminating the need for narcotic painkillers while they recover, according to one institution’s experience.

Ian Hodgdon, MD, an associate professor of surgery at Louisiana State University School of Medicine, in New Orleans, and