HBOT for Post-Surgery
Recovery in Miami

For most elective procedures, HBOT can begin within 72 hours to two weeks after surgery, once your operating surgeon clears you. For a compromised flap or graft, starting early (within 24 to 72 hours) often produces the best outcome. Your TrufaMED physician coordinates the timing directly with your surgeon so HBOT fits the recovery plan you are already on.

Orthopedic procedures such as joint replacement, ACL or rotator cuff repair, and spinal fusion. Plastic and reconstructive surgery, including flaps, grafts, and breast reconstruction. General surgery, oral and jaw surgery, and select cosmetic procedures. Patients with compromised tissue, diabetes, or a history of smoking tend to benefit most, because their healing tissue is the most oxygen-starved.

Most post-surgical protocols at TrufaMED run 10 to 20 sessions over three to six weeks. Flap and graft procedures may need closer to 20, while routine orthopedic recovery often responds to 10 to 15. Your physician sets the total at your initial consultation and adjusts it based on how your recovery progresses.

Surgery creates a controlled injury, and healing depends on tissue oxygen that surgical sites often lack. Breathing 100% oxygen under pressure dissolves far more oxygen into your blood plasma, reaching the wound bed. That oxygen drives collagen synthesis, the growth of new capillaries (angiogenesis), and the immune cells that fight infection, while calming the swelling and bruising that follow a procedure.

Most commercial plans cover HBOT for specific approved indications, such as a compromised flap, radiation injury, or refractory osteomyelitis, but generally not for routine post-surgical recovery. TrufaMED is transparent self-pay: $300 for the first visit including the exam and chest X-ray, $150 per follow-up, and $1,000 for a 10-session package. We provide documentation to support any reimbursement request you submit.

Yes, and we encourage it. The tissue repair HBOT supports pairs well with progressive physical therapy. Your physician coordinates the timing so that HBOT sessions precede or alternate with PT, which many patients find gives them the most out of both.

A full physical exam, a review of your surgical history and medications, and an on-site chest X-ray to rule out contraindications such as an untreated collapsed lung. If you are cleared, your first HBOT session follows during the same visit. Plan about two hours total. The $300 first-visit fee covers the exam, the X-ray, and that first session.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is well tolerated by most adults. Every patient is screened with a physical exam and chest X-ray before the first session, and every session is supervised in person by a physician at our Joint Commission-accredited facility. Therapy is overseen by Dr. Uri Gedalia, a board-certified general surgeon, and Dr. Shane Naidoo, board-certified in emergency medicine.

No. HBOT at TrufaMED is an adjunct to your surgeon’s plan, never a replacement for it. Your surgeon continues to direct your care. We handle one piece of recovery, coordinate timing with their post-op schedule, and, with your written authorization, send a treatment summary back to their office.

A few conditions can rule out therapy or require treatment first, including an untreated collapsed lung (pneumothorax), certain lung diseases, and active sinus or ear congestion. Some medications and recent treatments also need review. This is exactly why the exam and on-site chest X-ray come before your first session, so your physician can confirm HBOT is right for you before anything begins.