Published mortality rates associated with tummy tuck range from 0.02% to 0.16%. These include all causes of death for one month after surgery, with the most common one being pulmonary embolism (blood clot from legs to lungs). To put this in perspective, the death rate for elective C-section...
It is very common to combine tummy tuck with other "medically necessary" procedures to reduce overall recovery time for the patient. The most common combination procedures would be tummy tuck with hysterrectomy or breast reduction. This works out really well for the patient...
Generally speaking, the area of greatest stretching - and resultant laxity - in the abdominal wall is the space between the two rectus abdominis ("sit-up") muscles. When a separation occurs this is called a "diastasis". This is the area of primary focus in...
