Reattaching torn tissue from right chestwall and right sternum after botched breast reduction? (photos)
September 12, 2022
Asked By:Versatile3831 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
53,yr old female, 173 cm, 61 kg Botched breast surgery 5 yrs ago likely due to serious adverse drug reaction to droperidol which was an induction agent. Possibly operated on in a dystonic state. Woke in theatre very contorted
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