I am looking at traveling to DR or even to another state for my procedures. I am concerned about follow ups and aftercare once I get home . How is that managed ? Will my insurance cover ( not planning on it but just thinking .......an ER visit ? )
Answer: Local surgeons provide aftercare for patients they have operated on What would you achieve by traveling to a foreign country to have surgery when you already know what the problem is going to be after surgery? What are you going to do for aftercare? The surgeons that live in your hometown will not be taking care of you.
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Answer: Not a good idea Better to stay local for your plastic surgery if at all possible. Any complications you have will be additional charge and eliminate any savings you gained from having your procedure abroad. Wound healing problems can last for weeks and months. I have taken care of complications from another surgeon and it was truly an unpleasant experience for both parties.
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Answer: Not a good idea Better to stay local for your plastic surgery if at all possible. Any complications you have will be additional charge and eliminate any savings you gained from having your procedure abroad. Wound healing problems can last for weeks and months. I have taken care of complications from another surgeon and it was truly an unpleasant experience for both parties.
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December 9, 2014
Answer: What is normal procedure for aftercare of surgery out of state/country? I would not recommend traveling out of the country to have surgery. People come to the US frrom all over the world because of the quailty of. care provided. Some people do go out of the country to save money and. many regret it. There is an increased rate of compications, especially infection, because these places don't have the same standards as we do.Then there is the problem with after care, especially if there is a compication. By the time you finish between travel costs and surgical costs as well as problems with geting post op care, any savings would be minimal.
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Answer: What is normal procedure for aftercare of surgery out of state/country? I would not recommend traveling out of the country to have surgery. People come to the US frrom all over the world because of the quailty of. care provided. Some people do go out of the country to save money and. many regret it. There is an increased rate of compications, especially infection, because these places don't have the same standards as we do.Then there is the problem with after care, especially if there is a compication. By the time you finish between travel costs and surgical costs as well as problems with geting post op care, any savings would be minimal.
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Answer: What is normal procedure for aftercare of surgery out of state/country? 99% chance you will have to pay for any after care. I charge initial $500 for 1st visit plus if surgery correction than additional fees. Follow up visits $250 per visit. Most need 3 to 6 visits, so expect to pay at least $1,000 to local USA Plastic Surgeon. If you are done in USA, I wave all the fees except costs of supplies to render care if and only if you were done by boarded USA PS. As for DR surgery I see at least 3 patients a month with serious issues that end up costing them thousands of $$$s.. The cheap becomes expensive saying comes to mind... There are so many excellent boarded PSs in Ohio why risk issues???
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Answer: What is normal procedure for aftercare of surgery out of state/country? 99% chance you will have to pay for any after care. I charge initial $500 for 1st visit plus if surgery correction than additional fees. Follow up visits $250 per visit. Most need 3 to 6 visits, so expect to pay at least $1,000 to local USA Plastic Surgeon. If you are done in USA, I wave all the fees except costs of supplies to render care if and only if you were done by boarded USA PS. As for DR surgery I see at least 3 patients a month with serious issues that end up costing them thousands of $$$s.. The cheap becomes expensive saying comes to mind... There are so many excellent boarded PSs in Ohio why risk issues???
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Answer: Post op Care for Out of Country Plastic Surgery Follow-up care after out of country plastic surgery presents many difficult dilemmas for patients and US plastic surgeons. There are several reasons for this. First, the plastic surgeon in the US did not perform the surgery, but is often asked to deal with the complications of another surgeon with no knowledge of how the procedure was done or the experience and expertise (or lack of) of the surgeon. Obtaining valid information on how the procedure was done is often impossible. Secondly, caring for the complications of non US surgeons presents a huge medico-legal exposure to US surgeons. There have been cases where US surgeons caring for patients who had complications was sued by the patient because the patients had no ability to sue the foreign surgeon. Understandably, this makes US surgeons less than eager to care for these patients.To your other question, insurance is not likely to cover any potential ER or hospital visits for complications of cosmetic surgery done outside the USA. Some insurance companies may cover some conditions, but if they don't, the bill can be fairly expensive.
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Answer: Post op Care for Out of Country Plastic Surgery Follow-up care after out of country plastic surgery presents many difficult dilemmas for patients and US plastic surgeons. There are several reasons for this. First, the plastic surgeon in the US did not perform the surgery, but is often asked to deal with the complications of another surgeon with no knowledge of how the procedure was done or the experience and expertise (or lack of) of the surgeon. Obtaining valid information on how the procedure was done is often impossible. Secondly, caring for the complications of non US surgeons presents a huge medico-legal exposure to US surgeons. There have been cases where US surgeons caring for patients who had complications was sued by the patient because the patients had no ability to sue the foreign surgeon. Understandably, this makes US surgeons less than eager to care for these patients.To your other question, insurance is not likely to cover any potential ER or hospital visits for complications of cosmetic surgery done outside the USA. Some insurance companies may cover some conditions, but if they don't, the bill can be fairly expensive.
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