Is it safe to combine breast reduction with gall bladder removal surgery? What are the possible complications?

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I am 39 years old and generally healthy.

Dallas Buchanan, MD · Answer

Thank you for your question. This is important to understand. I would advise that it would not be advisable to combine these procedures. Combining an elective surgery like a breast reduction with another surgery like a cholecystectomy is not wise. Putting the procedures together increases the risks of complications from the breast surgery such as infection and also it increases the overall time of the procedure which increases other risks such as blood clots. If you are healthy, then you should have very minimal risk of complications with anesthesia and you would be best to do the procedures at different times.Hope this helps!

Brian Windle, MD (retired) · Answer

Combining a cosmetic surgery like a breast reduction and a medically necessary surgery like a gall bladder removal surgery is not a good idea.  You would be increasing your risks like infection and blood clots for both surgeries.  You are always better off getting the medically necessary surgery done first and then moving on to the other.I hope that helps.Best regards.

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