Is it Safe to Get BBL with Local Anesthesia While Sedated?

It is possible to perform all liposuction, tummy tucks, and BBLs (and everything else e.g. facelifts, rhinoplasties, and breast augmentations) under monitored intravenous sedation and local anesthesia. I know this to be true because I've done this for about 30 years without an anesthesia related complication in an AAAASF accredited ambulatory surgery facility associated with my office. Modern general anesthesia is safe, yet plastic surgical fatalities are mostly related to general... more