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Ultrasound-guided percutaneous cryoneurolysis is an analgesic technique in which a percutaneous probe is used to reversibly ablate a peripheral nerve(s) using exceptionally low temperature, and has yet to be evaluated with randomized, controlled trials. Pain following mastectomy can be difficult to treat, and we hypothesized that the severity of surgically-related pain would be lower on postoperative day 2 with the addition of cryoanalgesia as compared with patients receiving solely standard-of-care treatment.