I received a second quote for my LBL today, and the doc is saying 10-12 hours under anesthesia. This seems crazy to me! In my first consult with a different surgeon, I was told 4.5-6 hours. This is a huge variance. Please advise!
May 20, 2014
Answer: Lower Body Lift and Length of Surgery A lower body lift is a great operation to help improve the contour of the abdomen, waist, and buttocks after major weight loss. The quote of 10-12 hours that you apparently received seems odd.Most of us do not like an operation to extend much past 6 hours or so. I agree with your other consultations listing 4.5-6 hours as the operative time. This is much more reasonable, and around 5.5 hours is what I usually quote patients. Best of luck to you!
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May 20, 2014
Answer: Lower Body Lift and Length of Surgery A lower body lift is a great operation to help improve the contour of the abdomen, waist, and buttocks after major weight loss. The quote of 10-12 hours that you apparently received seems odd.Most of us do not like an operation to extend much past 6 hours or so. I agree with your other consultations listing 4.5-6 hours as the operative time. This is much more reasonable, and around 5.5 hours is what I usually quote patients. Best of luck to you!
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May 13, 2014
Answer: Body lift surgery The average amount of time for a lower body lift including abdomen, lateral thighs and buttock is 5 hours give or take. If you have special surgical requirements that your doctor think will take that much longer I would ask them to consider staging the procedure. Perhaps a tie-breaking opinion by a third surgeon may help. Good luck.Dr Rodger ShorttOakville Plastic Surgeon
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May 13, 2014
Answer: Body lift surgery The average amount of time for a lower body lift including abdomen, lateral thighs and buttock is 5 hours give or take. If you have special surgical requirements that your doctor think will take that much longer I would ask them to consider staging the procedure. Perhaps a tie-breaking opinion by a third surgeon may help. Good luck.Dr Rodger ShorttOakville Plastic Surgeon
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