Is It Better to Get a Tummy Tuck Done in a Hospital or a Surgery Clinic?

Tummy tuck surgery should be performed in a fully accredited surgical facility; whether it's an outpatient surgery center or a hospital. The location depends on your overall health and if you have any medical problems that would prohibit you from having it done in an outpatient setting. Discuss this in detail with your plastic surgeon and also ask who will be administering the anesthesia during your surgery.

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Dr.Bruno

When having surgery, the most important thing is to ensure that your surgeon in board certified in plastic surgery and your anesthesiologist in board certified in anesthesia and the hospital or facility has inspected and certified operative facilities.  

 

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As long as you are healthy, and the hospital and surgery center are both accredited, elective surgery should be safe in either setting. There are pro's and con's to both. Every member of the American Society of Plastic Surgery and American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery is required to maintain hospital privileges for all procedure performed in a surgery center. While the vast majority of these procedure are not perfromed in a hospital, the requirement is made to be certain that your board certified plastic surgeon is maintaining some local peer review.

Surery centers to tend provide more flexibility in scheduling, a higher "on time" rate and lower cost. The hospitals can take care of more complicated problems, and maintaining those resources, seldom used in elective cases, is where the additional cost comes in.