How Long Does an Average Breast Reduction Surgery Take?

A breast reduction typically takes about 3 hours whether there is one or two surgeons.  I always do both sides myself and have never found that two surgeons speeds things up that much.  The most important thing is whether you are pleased with your result, not the amount of time it took.

Thank you for the question. The national average is about three hours depending on the type.It takes me on an average of five hours to perform the same breast reduction procedure. The reason for that is I sit you up and down several times making sure both sides are symmetrical, and I am the ONLY one that closes your incisions. Many surgeons allow their techs to close. Make sure to ask your doctor. I hope this has helped.

Surgical time will vary. I have heard of surgeons taking as long as 7 hours for this procedure, although I don’t understand that. My surgical time varies with the size of the patient but is usually about 2 hours.   If you’re satisfied with your surgical outcome and you feel confident in the decision you made, that should be all that matters! 

Breast reduction is usually performed in 2 to 3
hours.In our practice we utilize two
surgeons working as a team to optimize efficiency.We feel that this approach minimizes time in
the operating room and potentially lowers the complication rate.Although
surgical times are important for a variety of reasons, it’s more important that
the surgeon take as much time as necessary to optimize the aesthetic
result. For this reason, surgical times
aren’t important unless they become excessive.

The duration of surgery is dependent upon many factors including the skill and experience level of the surgeon(s) and the amount of work required by each individual patient.  At my clinic, I am able to perform breast redcutions in approximately 1.5 hours but sometimes it may take a little longer if the indvidual patient has a more complicated situation.  Be sure to discuss with your surgeon how much time they spend on an average breast redcution surgery.

The time involved in performing a breast reduction will vary on the size of the breast. For reductions on the smaller size ( 150-300grams) or large ( greater than 600 grams) the time will vary from about 2 hours to 3 hours. I always perform the procedure myself and do not let any assistant either resect the breast tissue or suture.

Excellent question. Most surgeons average 3 hours on a breast reduction. If your surgeon managed to finish in 1 1/2 hours he is either extremely fast or had a lot of help suturing. Whats most important is that you are happy with your results. And if you are, great! Home this helps. 

You will find that the  duration of any surgical procedure will vary from one surgeon to another; the time periods that you mentioned in your question  are consistent with a faster versus an average length of duration for breast reduction surgery. Whether an operation takes a shorter or longer period of time does not necessarily correlate with the quality of work performed.

 Hopefully you will be pleased with the results of surgery; breast reduction surgery tends to be one of the most patient pleasing operations we perform.

 Best wishes.

 

 

Each practice is different, the length of time of your surgery sounds more normal. Your sister’s sound like it was too long. Did she have other procedure done at the same time? If everything came out fine for her and you should be ok.