TY - JOUR
T1 - Plastic Surgery Complications
T2 - A Review for Emergency Clinicians
AU - Montrief, Tim
AU - Bornstein, Kasha
AU - Ramzy, Mark
AU - Koyfman, Alex
AU - Long, Brit J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Montrief et al.
PY - 2020/11
Y1 - 2020/11
N2 - The number of aesthetic surgical procedures performed in the United States is increasing rapidly. Over 1.5 million surgical procedures and over three million nonsurgical procedures were performed in 2015 alone. Of these, the most common procedures included surgeries of the breast and abdominal wall, specifically implants, liposuction, and subcutaneous injections. Emergency clinicians may be tasked with the management of postoperative complications of cosmetic surgeries including postoperative infections, thromboembolic events, skin necrosis, hemorrhage, pulmonary edema, fat embolism syndrome, bowel cavity perforation, intra-abdominal injury, local seroma formation, and local anesthetic systemic toxicity. This review provides several guiding principles for management of acute complications. Understanding these complications and approach to their management is essential to optimizing patient care.
AB - The number of aesthetic surgical procedures performed in the United States is increasing rapidly. Over 1.5 million surgical procedures and over three million nonsurgical procedures were performed in 2015 alone. Of these, the most common procedures included surgeries of the breast and abdominal wall, specifically implants, liposuction, and subcutaneous injections. Emergency clinicians may be tasked with the management of postoperative complications of cosmetic surgeries including postoperative infections, thromboembolic events, skin necrosis, hemorrhage, pulmonary edema, fat embolism syndrome, bowel cavity perforation, intra-abdominal injury, local seroma formation, and local anesthetic systemic toxicity. This review provides several guiding principles for management of acute complications. Understanding these complications and approach to their management is essential to optimizing patient care.
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U2 - 10.5811/WESTJEM.2020.6.46415
DO - 10.5811/WESTJEM.2020.6.46415
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33207164
AN - SCOPUS:85096407327
SN - 1936-900X
VL - 21
SP - 179
EP - 189
JO - Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
JF - Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
IS - 6
ER -