Ever had a patient nod enthusiastically through your beautifully crafted post-op recovery plan…only to return at 6 weeks with an ODI (Oxygen Desaturation Index) score that politely whispers, “Yeah…that definitely didn’t happen”?
Welcome to the world of post-operative recovery barriers — where exercise goals go to die, transportation is somehow harder than surgery, and patients discover that no one told them their insurance charges $87 for acetaminophen.
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