DVT Possible After Liposuction?

Question

Can deep vein thrombosis happen during or after liposuction and does it not happen to people while sleeping for like 8 hours without moving?   Does it happen because of the procedure itself, or if you didn’t move for long time?  Thank you.

Otto Joseph Placik, MD · Answer

Any period of true immobility can cause a DVT, awake or asleep. You must remember that even when we sleep, we tend to move every 5 minutes so that is why you do not dvelop clots every night. However, people are known to develop clots after prolonged sitting on planes, buses or trains. In fact, many overseas airplane instructions recommend calf exercises to lower the risk of clotting.
Many factors can effect the risk of developing a clot. It is not yet known whether the liposuction procedure specifically increases the risk.

Scott Tucker, MD · Answer

DVT with possible pulmonary embolus (blood clot to lung) can happen after or during surgery. Most physicians now are using sequential compression stockings to try and decrease the incidence of DVT, but it is still a possiblility although not a high probability.
DVT seems to happen more in longer procedures, people who smoke, people on hormone replacement, and people with a family history.
Talk to your doctor about your risk profile so that appropriate measures can be taken.
Good Luck,
Dr T

Toby Mayer, MD · Answer

In more than 30 years of doing liposuction, I have never had a patient have this problem. Furthermore, when we do long surgeries, we place compression stockings on the patient to prevent this.
Patients are up and walking after surgery so there should be no problem.

Steven Wallach, MD · Answer

Deep vein thrombosis can occur with any surgery or even without surgery. Some patients are prone to it becuase of a genetic disposition. Some things increase the incidence, this includes long operative times, abdominal surgeries, increasing age, to name a few. There are many steps that surgeons take to minimize these risks.

Darryl J. Blinski, MD · Answer

Sure, DVTs can occur after ANY operation from a facelift to liposuction to breast implants. Advise and precautions have been outlined by the previous expert posters.

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