Insulin pump use and abdominal surgery. Any suggestions?

An abdominoplasty can almost always be performed safely if these devices are in place... provided the doctor is well familiar with the devices and how to work around them.  

It helps if a doctor is also board certified in both general surgery and plastic surgery, and they have done many procedures on various prosthetic devices, tubes, drains, valves etc. so they won't be surprised by a cut tube during surgery, not to mention experience in dealing with diabetic patients undergoing major surgery.

Your diabetes could make you more likely to have healing issues or infection if the blood sugar is not well controlled in the post-op period.  You could put the pump into some fat on your trunk where there was no surgery like around the back.  While your abdomen is healing, your surgeon will probably not want you sticking your insulin pump in your abdomen, though there is no data we have so help guide us in that decision.  Insurance is very wary of paying for tummy tucks.  

You should be able to begin using your #insulin pump the next day with#liposuction of your #abdomen and after the binder comes off and you begin showering after your #tummy tuck which on average is about 10-14 days. We have not tried to bill patients insurance specifically for #scarring #fibrosis with prolonged use of #insulin sump but that would not be unreasonable to have covered.