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Can Factor V Leiden Patients Be Candidates for Liposuction?

Following an IUGR pregnancy I was diagnosed with Factor V Leiden. 2nd pregnancy took aspirin - no IUGR but partial abruption of placenta. Since then have been batteling 5 years with saddlebags that cause me real distress in everyday dressing. I really want to have them removed but dont want to die. I am scared due to blood clotting risk factor and the fact that I am sensitive to meds therefore wary of Lidocaine amounts and which surgery type to choose if at all.Help!

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V Leiden positive patients can be candidates for small volume lipo.

Dr. Blinski has provided a very extensive and helpful education for all on this issue. Factor V Leiden is one of the many differences in the blood clotting cascade that occurs in the normal population. The risk to you is that you are more prone to developing clotting during surgery or while you are recovering. There is no impact on wound healing, infection and other risks. In most situations, this status requires no treatment for everyday life but when you have elective surgery this... more

Factor V Leiden (sometimes factor VLeiden) is the name given to a variant of human factor V that causes a hypercoagulability dis

Factor V Leiden (sometimes factor VLeiden) is the name given to a variant of human factor V that causes a hypercoagulability disorder. In this disorder the Leiden variant of factor V cannot be inactivated by activated protein C.[1] Factor V Leiden is the most common hereditary hypercoagulability disorder amongst Eurasians.[2][3][4] It is named after the city Leiden (Netherlands), where it was first identified in 1994 by Prof R. Bertina. Studies have found that about 5 percent of... more

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