How do I go about getting infection rates for each specific doctor?

There are no national or state date bases for physician infection rates. If the procedure is performed in an accredited hospital they will have an infection committee that can provide you with hospital infection rates.If the procedure is performed in an an out-patient surgery center you will  have to ask your doctor. Typically breast augmentation surgery has a very low infection rate, when performed by a Board Certified Plastic Surgon.Yours,Jon M. Grazer, MD, MPH, FACS

   That information is not collected and organized into a database for easy review.Kenneth Hughes, MDLos Angeles, CA

 To my knowledge there is no database for infection rates of doctors. Infections with primary breast augmentation are extremely rare provided they are performed by board-certified plastic surgeon.

Not sure if you can find published infection rates for each doctor but I suggest you ask the surgeons themselves what their complication rates are. I like to track my complications so I always tell patients their chance of developing an infection or hematoma or seroma (or etc.) during the initial consult. Make sure you choose a board certified plastic surgeon (meaning they have the appropriate education and training) to perform your surgery. Good luck in your search!

This is one of the many questions you should ask in your consultation with a board-certified plastic surgeon. Across the board when a breast augmentation is performed in a sterile operating room environment the rate of infection should be quite low. It can never be zero but there are many things that can be done to decrease the risk of complications. You should have a frank discussion with the board-certified plastic surgeon you choose to care for you.I hope this helps.Dr. Edwards