Surgery is a major medical experience, and this certainly includes surgery done for aesthetic reasons (i.e. cosmetic surgery) along with health related surgical procedures.
Risks inherent in a mini tummy tuck include those risks inherent in all invasive surgeries. While rare, it’s important to be aware of such risks that patient faces when receiving the surgery for a mini tummy tuck.
Some of the risks or complications possible in the procedure include:
- Infection from the Incision
- Blood Loss and Bleeding from the Incision
- Negative Reaction to the Anesthesia Used for Surgery
- Slow or Delayed Wound Healing Resulting in Scarring of the Skin
- Unfavorable and Unanticipated Reactions to Drugs Used for Surgery or Following Surgery (such as pain medication)
Let’s take a look at some of these risks in closer detail.
The possibility of an infection exists for all surgeries, and is something that certainly all surgeons are aware of and do everything possible to prevent. Methods or action which lower the risk of an infection include sterilization of equipment and the overall proper care and sanitation of the operating room and all instruments, tables, and anything else that comes into contact with the patient and tools used for surgery. Interestingly, an operating room that is somewhat warmer is beneficial in reducing the possiblity of infection as well.
These details relate to what the doctors do to keep infection at bay – but what are the patients responsibilities in this regard? The fact is that the majority of infection problems come about when the patient is sent home and then does not follow the doctors advice related to caring for the wounds, sutures, and garments worn following surgery.
Fever-like symptoms are an indication that the area is infected.
If the incisions take a very long time to heal, this can be considered a complication in multiple ways. One, it increases the time frame in which an infection could occur, and secondly, it can promote scarring of the skin.
Other risks such as blood clots and medication reactions are hard to pinpoint and often relate to the personal health history of the patient.
For these reasons, some patients to be may actually be disqualified for having a mini tummy tuck if the doctors find evidence that they are at an elevated level of risk for all these factors. Doctors will assess the risk factors of a patient during various pre-surgical consultation and tests. At this time it’s also important for the patient to ask any questions he or she may have related not just to the possible risks or complications from a mini tummy tuck, but how their current health and personal health history play into those risks and possible complications of mini tummy tuck surgery.
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