Can Death Occur During Liposuction? Commentary by Liposuction Expert Dr George Commons,MD
Death can and does occur during liposuction surgery. The death rate may be as high as 15 patients a year in the USA. What factors result in death. The answer is simple.
1. Inappropriate candidate because of age, health, diabetes, or morbid obesity.
2. Unsafe operating facility that is poorly run whether certified or not. A shabby facility on a shoestring budget, which is run by people more interested in money than safety
3. Unsafe anesthesiologists or worse yet doing liposuction with no MD anesthesiologist present. An outrage definitely
4. A weak surgical facility staff with no RNs in charge that uses unlicensed people to assist in surgery and has no RN management or presence in the Operating Facility or in the Recovery Room. Unfortunately this is not rare.
5. Surgeons that are not certified by official medical boards recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialists doing liposuction with poor and little training. Surgeons who may be certified but are uncaring and just not very smart. Pick your surgeon well. Seek consultation with much thought and research.
SOLUTION : Choose surgeons certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery who are also Fellows of the American College of Surgeons. May absolutely sure they do liposuction frequently. Ask about their Operating Facilities and visit the Facility. Ask to speak to your anesthesiologist at the time of you plastic surgery consultation and not the night before surgery or worse yet the morning of surgery. Have a physical examination prior to you surgery. Ask about staff RNs and surgical technicians that will be at your surgery and ask to speak to them. Are they licensed by the state of California?
YOUR LIFE IS PRECIOUS! DO YOUR HOMEWORK. SEEK OUT HIGH QUALITY. DO NOT CHOOSE LIPOSUCTION ON BASIS OF COST. YOU CAN DIE DURING LIPOSUCTION. DO NOT BE FOOLISH. BE VERY VERY INTELLIGENT.
DR COMMONS FACILITY HAS A PERFECT 21 YEAR RECORD WITH OVER 26,000 CASES. THERE HAVE BEEN NO DEATHS, NO LAWSUITS, NO EMERGENCY TRANSFERS, NO RESISTANT INFECTIONS, AND NO INFECTIONS REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION. AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST IS PRESENT AT 100% OF DR COMMONS CASES. AT LEAST 2 RNS ARE PRESENT FOR EVERY CASE. ALL SURGICAL TECHNICIANS ARE CALIFORNIA LICENSED
THE PLASTIC SURGERY CENTER IS FULLY ACCREDITED BY QUAD A AND IS CERTIFIED AS EQUAL TO A STANFORD OPERATING FACILITY BY STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. STANFORD FULL TIME PROFESSORS CONTRACT TO USE THE PSC REGULARLY.
DR COMMONS IS A ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SURGERY AT THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
DR COMMONS HAS DONE LIPOSUCTION ON OVER 3600 PATIENTS. HE HAS HAD NO DEATHS, NO EMERGENCIES, AND HAS MANY THOUSANDS OF HAPPY PATIENTS.
DR COMMONS IS A RECOGNIZED EXPERT IN LIPOSUCTION SURGERY LOCALLY, STATEWIDE, NATIONALLY, AND INTENTIONALLY.
DR COMMONS HAS PUBLISHED THE WORLDS LARGEST SERIES OF LARGE VOLUME LIPOSUCTION IN 2001 AND IS WRITING A FOLLOW UP ARTICLE PRESENTLY ON OVER 955 LARGE VOLUME LIPOSUCTIONS.
DR COMMONS IS A MEMBER OF EVERY LOCAL, STATE, NATIONA, L AND INTERNATIONAL PLASTICSURGERY ORGANIZATION.
DR COMMONS IS CERTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF PLASTIC SURGERY AND IS A FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.
SAFETY IS VIRTUALLY GUARANTEED WHEN YOU COME TO DR COMMONS AND THE PLASTIC SURGERY CENTER.
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