Tummy Tuck Risks
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Risks Associated With Tummy Tucks
Risks associated with Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty) Plastic Surgery can be frightening. When you read all the horror stories associated with "Tummy Tucks", it's enough to scare you off of having the operation. You have to decide which you fear most, having the operation or going through the rest of your life the way you are.
Tummy Tuck Risks
Medical Risk - Probability or threat of damage, injury or other negative occurrence which may be neutralized or avoided through pre-mediated actions.
Thousands of Tummy Tucks are performed successfully each year. When done by a board certified, qualified and experienced surgeon who is trained in body contouring plastic surgery, the results are generally quite positive. However, there are always Risks associated with any surgery including specific Risks associated with this procedure.
Tummy Tuck Risks
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Death
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Lung problems
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Anesthesia reactions/Bad reaction to anesthesia
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Delayed wound healing
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Unfavorable drug reactions
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Skin tissue death (necrosis)
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Bleeding
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Aspiration pneumonia
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Unplanned hospital admission
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Collection of blood under the skin (Tummy Tuck Seomas)
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Poor healing and excess scarring
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Permanent numbness of the abdomen
With the advancement of techniques and medical technologies in the plastic surgery industry, these risks are becoming increasingly rare. By doing your homework to find a qualified plastic surgeon, the right facility and following your surgeons instructions you minimize risks. Another good way to minimize risks after surgery is to only resume physical activity per your doctors instructions.
Tummy Tuck Risks Questions (FAQs)
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What the Risks associated with Tummy Tuck surgery?
Anesthesia, reactions, aspiration pneumonia, bleeding, blood clots, delayed wound healing ,infection, unfavorable drug reactions. -
How safe is a Tummy Tuck?
According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), Tummy Tuck was one of the top five surgical procedures cosmetic procedures in 2005 with 169,314 procedures performed, up 12 percent from 2004. No surgery is without Complication. Ask your surgeon to explain all of the side effects and possible Risks prior to surgery. (Ref. Tummy Tuck Horror Stories) -
How many people die from a Tummy Tuck? How many people die from plastic surgery? What is the death rate on Tummy Tucks? After having searched for over two hours I could not find definitive answers to these questions. What I did find is as follows:
"The greatest Complication for people undergoing elective surgery derives from the anesthesia, which is estimated to kill 1 in 10,000 to 100,000 people.
“Perfectly well patients die under anesthesia for reasons unknown"
"According to ABC News, 200 people die every year from plastic surgery Risks"
"My surgeon told me that approx. one in 5000 people die from going under anesthesia. -
Is it safe to have a tummy tuck performed in the doctor's office?
New York, NY (July 12, 2007) - The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) announced today that ambulatory abdominoplasty (“tummy tuck”) may be safely and effectively performed at an accredited outpatient surgery facility. Findings from a retrospective analysis of outpatient abdominoplasty procedures performed over the past ten years are published in the May/June 2007 issue of the Aesthetic Surgery Journal (ASJ), the Societys official peer-reviewed journal. According to ASAPS data, abdominoplasty is one of the top five cosmetic surgical procedures performed in the United States, with approximately 172,500 tummy tucks performed in 2006, compared with just 34,000 in 1997.
“Even though these procedures are commonly performed on an outpatient basis, we had few large, published studies to support outpatient abdominoplasty as a safe and effective operation,” said W. Grant Stevens, MD, lead author of the study. “This large, long-term study clearly illustrates that these procedures may be safely performed in an accredited outpatient facility.”
The study consisted of a retrospective review of 519 consecutive abdominoplasty procedures performed over 10 years at a single outpatient surgery facility certified by the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities. All procedures were performed by one of two senior surgeons, and all patients received general anesthesia administered by a board-certified anesthesiologist. The outpatient complication rates in this outpatient study, including seroma (10.6%) and unacceptable abdominal or umbilical scars (7.9%), compared favorably with previously published complication rates for inpatient procedures. The authors cautioned, however, that although outpatient abdominoplasty is safe and effective, proper follow-up care is imperative, and patients need to have responsible caretakers stay with them after surgery. source: http://www.surgery.org/press/news-release.php?iid=480
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Sent: Friday, August 20,
2010 12:01 AM
Subject: Tummy Tuck Risks
After 6 years of having a tummy tuck operation, my mother,67, is experiencing
severe Risks: not eating regularly, losing weight, chronic constipation
pain, * especially on the right side of her stomach where the drainage tubes
were placed(stabbing, movement, burning, bloating, pain). What can be done to
ease her pains and who should she seek help from at this point?. we've taken her
to every doctor possible...
Juliann
Response - Juliann,
Sorry to hear about your mother's problems. I have never heard of anyone having
Risks from a tummy tuck operation 6 years later. You state that you have
taken her to every doctor possible. What do they say? Do they think it is
related to the surgical drains or a complication from the tummy tuck? Or do they
think it is something else? The only thing that I can advise you to do is keep
trying different doctors. There has to be someone out there who can figure it
out.
Good luck.
Tanner
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Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 10:06 AM
Subject: Tummy Tuck Risks
Hello: It's been 2 months since my abdominalplasty with lipo. When I wake up in
the morning my stomach is flat but throughout the day every time I eat my
stomach blows up. Is this normal? I feel like I look pregnant all over again. I
know I still have a little swelling but I didn't think this would happen with a
bowl of oatmeal. I hope nothing's wrong. Please advise.
Rika
Response - Rika,
When you say your stomach "blows up", can you actually see a difference when
looking in the mirror (before and after eating) or is it just a feeling of being
bloated?
I can sort of relate to what you feel. I remember soon after my tummy tuck I
noticed that I seemed to get fuller much faster when I ate. I took this as a
good thing and assumed that since my skin and stomach muscles were "tighter", my
stomach did not have as much room to expand when I ate. It also served as a
reminder and incentive not to eat too much. Every time I got that feeling I
would think "I don't want to overeat and cause my skin to stretch again or pull
at the stomach stitches". Even today, over two years later I get that same
feeling. If it's not just a feeling of being too full and you can actually see
bloating and swelling every time you eat it might be time to go back to the
doctor to check it out. Good luck.
Tanner
Thx. I go see my doc on Wednesday. I don't feel bloated.
I can actually see it. Is this a complication?
Rika
I have never heard of anyone having that problem in
relation to a tummy tuck, but I don't know if it is a complication or not.
Tanner
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Tummy Tuck Risks
Even though tummy tuck, when performed by a qualified and experienced
surgeon, offers very good results, there are certain Risks and
Risks that the procedure can possibly bring. It is important for
you to know that there is no such surgical intervention that would be
totally safe and without any Complication or possible Risks. Although
Risks associated with abdominoplasty are relatively rare but
possible, and patients should be aware of them prior planning to have
tummy tuck done.
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