Plastic surgery abroad: Medical tourism and length of stay

For any surgery, the major risks fall into specific time periods.

For example:

1. Bleeding may occur within the first 24 hours
2. Wound dehisence may occur between 7-10 days
3. A Secondary period of bleeding may occur at 10 days

Of course there are multiple other complications but we tend to prefer that our out of town patients remain around for about 2 weeks.

This is not always possible and so we request that if patients leave sooner, they make arrangements or be prepared to have a local physician who can manage the complications or go to the emergency room.