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

As many of my colleagues have said, it has to be appropriately accredited and safe.

But assuming that it is, there are many advantages to a Surgery Center. It is usually less expensive. It is more personal and private, and more likely to cater to the needs of someone having cosmetic surgery. The staff are more understanding and caring generally. Also Surgery Centers are geared to sending their clients home, and the type of anesthesia that is used makes this easier.

The surgeon may need to make some special arrangements. For example I like to make a house call on the day after surgery for Tummy Tucks. If patients live too far they stay overnight in a nearby hotel.

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This procedure is done as an outpatient operation by most surgeons. Overnight care is fine but generally not needed.

The surgicenter should be appropriately certified, medicare, state certified , AAASF ,etc.

Check on the anaesthesiologists and other doctors who work there.

hospital outpatient or inpatient is fine as well

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.

Best wishes,

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.  

 

Good luck.

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.