This content was created by Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter. This content was uploaded by Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter. This is a YouTube video titled "Surgery Isn’t Always the Easy Fix" created on August 6, 2025, featuring Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter discussing the overlooked complications of surgery, including addiction, chronic pain, and depression.
We really kind of gloss over the fact that surgery can have a significant impact.
All of the advertisements that we see for these major hospital systems and surgical interventions are, you know, how easy it is, how quick we get better, how simple it is to have surgery. Whereas we really kind of gloss over the fact that surgery can have a significant impact and there are often painful and debilitating complications. We know this because addiction, chronic pain, and depression are rampant. We see constant studies on addiction medicine. We have overuse of narcotics, chronic pain after surgery is a problem, and obviously depression and mood instabilities affect everyone from athletes to our older patients.
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