What Procedures Are Needed Before Having a Office-based Neck Lift?

What are some of the concerns regarding having a neck lift in an office-based surgery center rather than a traditional hospital?

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Having Cosmetic Surgery in an Office-Based Setting

As an Oculofacial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon operating in an "office-based" setting in New York, I can tell you from experience our primary goal is safety first in all procedures performed in our offices. To assure the utmost safety and compliance with the highest surgical standards (on par with that of a hospital) we have built state-of-the-art surgical facilities in both our Manhattan and Garden City, NY facilities. Our surgical suites and exam rooms are accredited by... more

Outpatient neck lift

As long as you are healthy and the surgery is being performed in a certified surgery center the risk is minimal. IV sedation is typically safer than general anesthesia and is preferred.

Sam Naficy, MD

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Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Procedures needed before undergoing a neck lift

Elective cosmetic surgery is usually not performed in a hospital setting but in outpatient surgery centers. The center should be a certified ambulatory surgery center, by an entity such as Medicare. A board certified physician anesthesiologist in attendance during the surgery to monitor anesthesia. A pre-operative appointment to review your health history and confirm you are indeed a candidate for elective surgery should be done a few weeks prior to surgery. Any labs... more

What Procedures Are Needed Before Having a Office-based Neck Lift?

You may want to be sure that you are having your Neck Lift done in an accredited surgical facility. While this is mandatory, here in California and some other states, it's not the case everywhere in the US. You should have a medical clearance before any surgery, IMO.

Neck lift

The hospital has more equipment for complex surgeries and for sick patients. For a neck lift (or for our trademarked U-Lift), office-based surgeries are excellent and safe locations if you are basically healthy. You would need a pre-operative evaluation which is standard for surgery done in any location. Assuming that everything checks out, then there is no benefit to having your surgery done in a hospital. Make sure your surgeon and anesthesiologist are... more

David Alessi, MD

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Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Office based procedures

Great question. I do a lot of office based procedures in my practice. That being said, I am very thorough in the screening process to make certain that the patient is a good candidate for a procedure in the office under local. The first step is to do a thorough history and physical exam. It is critical to make sure that the patient is in good health before doing a procedure in the office. Depending on patient age and overall health, I will usually check labs. If the patient has a condition... more

Todd C. Miller, MD

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Orange County Facial Plastic Surgeon

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What Procedures Are Needed Before Having a Office-based Neck Lift?

A complete medical examination with blood/urine tests. Possible EKG if over 40 years of age. Best to ask your chosen surgeon their rerquirements.

Test prior to surgery

A patient that is planning on having an office based procedure should be in the best of health, better than one that is having the same procedure done in the hospital. A good history and physical by the surgeon should be done so that he or she can become aware of the patient's medical condition and determine what test are needed for anyone whom they are planning an operation. If you are not communicating with the doctor who is going to do the operation it is not a safe place... more

Neck Lift and Pre Operative Work Up?

Thank you for the question. Your plastic surgeon will, based on your past medical history and specific concerns, ask you to do certain testing and/or bloodwork. This preoperative workup should not differ whether the procedures done in the office “surgery center" or the hospital. Best wishes.