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Question: Liposuction deaths show procedure not trivial
"NEW YORK, May 12 (Reuters Health) -- Complications of liposuction, the
most common cosmetic procedure in the US, can kill healthy people, and
the procedure should not be viewed as trivial, investigators warn. "
what's your opinions on this news? OR anything to share with me?
Answer: `Deaths due to cosmetic surgery should be a matter for serious public
concern,''
Five deaths referred to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner of the City
of New York between 1993 and 1998 occurred in liposuction patients. From
their examination of autopsy reports, Dr. B Rao from the New York
University Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital Center and colleagues
report that four of the patients had liposuction performed by a plastic surgeon, and one
by a general surgeon. In all five cases, an anesthesiologist was
present.
He and colleagues report that three of the patients studied died as a
result of a sudden, sharp drop in blood pressure and slowed heart rate
``with no definitely
defined cause.''
The fourth patient died of fluid overload, and the fifth died after
liposuction of the legs was followed by the formation of clots in leg
veins that led to pulmonary embolism, where respiratory problems are caused by clots in the lungs.
During tumescent liposuction, a physician infuses a solution of fluid
under the skin that contains lidocaine. The pain-killing drug allows
deposits of fat to be removed through special instruments without causing discomfort.
The team note that the local anesthetic lidocaine, used in all five
patients during liposuction, can cause low blood pressure and a slowing
of the heartbeat. They also suggest that the doses of lidocaine used during tumescent
liposuction may be high relative to doses of the drug used for other
procedures.
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