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Each surgeon has their own protocols. Please ask your chosen surgeon. We recommend patients avoid birth control two weeks prior to surgery if their surgery will be longer than two hours. Ultimately, it is up to your surgeon. Regards,
Thank you for your excellent question. In most cases hormone-based contraceptives do not need to be stopped or removed in anticipation of surgery and the same precautions to avoid blood clot formation should be followed - limiting operative time, leg compression devices, possible anticoagulation, early ambulation, staying hydrated, etc. Talk to your surgeon, they can better provide you with reassurance or recommendations based on your specific medical history and any associated risk factors such as smoking. Hope this helps.
The Mirena uses progestin-only, which carries a lower clotting risk than estrogen-progestin combination therapy. Your surgeon should evaluate your overall risk of DVT and PE, including the presence of the Mirena. Your surgeon may recommend certain anti-clotting therapy after surgery if your risk is higher than average. In my practice, I would not require removal of an IUD prior to tummy tuck surgery.Best wishes,Dr. Kavali
Two weeks before: 1) Make sure you stop all aspirin (Bayer, Excedrin, Bufferin, Ecotrin, etc.), ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, Nuprin, etc.), Aleve, extra Vitamin E (the amount in a multivitamin is OK), fish oils, and herbal remedies. These are blood thinners or can interact unfavorably with...
The amount of tummy flattening obtainable with a Tummy Tuck is VERY dependent on both the amount of muscle separation and stretch (number of pregnancies, size of the babies, obesity etc) AND on just how tight the muscles are brought together DURING the surgery.Just like in cooking, every surgeon...
Hi. I'm glad you have tried to contact your surgeon, but if it is not practical for you to go back to him, then you will need to be evaluated in person by a local surgeon.This lump could be several things... a hernia, failure to repair the rectus diastasis (separated abdominal muscles), or just...
You should follow up with your chosen surgeon to discuss wound care management options. Best of luck. Regards,
Bellybuttons are interesting things. Sometimes, even when the bellybutton skin doesn't survive it ends up healing and contracting so it ends up looking like a bellybutton anyway. Early on, though, it might actually just be a lot of scab sitting in there. If so, your surgeon might end up cleaning...
To answer your question, if an insurance-covered procedure (in your case hernia repair) is performed in a hospital at the same time as a cosmetic procedure (in your case abdominoplasty), the hospital nurses will keep track of how much time is spent on the hernia repair (which is a short...
