The doctor was shocked with breast reduction surgery at home: During the operation, he stood up to take pictures and then operated again

Mar 25, 2022 12:04 GMT+7

Shocked by surgery at home

Recently, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City received a patient named NTN (born in 1967, living in District 12, HCMC). 20 days ago, Ms. N. read an online advertisement about a plastic surgery facility named after a large hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.

However, when contacted, N. was not allowed to do surgery at the hospital, but at a place like her own home in Go Vap district. The price of breast reduction surgery is 60 million VND, but she was promoted to only 30 million VND.

According to MSc BS. Nguyen Manh Don – Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, The patient told the surgery process and the pictures the patient provided made Dr. Don extremely surprised. Because breast reduction is a difficult case, it can cause complications due to bleeding, infection and fat in the blood stream causing embolism, a high risk of death.

Therefore, such major surgery must be done in a specialized hospital capable of handling when accidents occur, in a sterile operating room environment and under general anesthesia.

However, in the picture, the patient is anesthetized, still awake. “During the operation, they also made the patient sit up to take pictures and then lie down to continue the operation, the patient still wearing trousers on the street, it was too terrible,” said Dr. Don.

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After the plastic surgery, Ms. N. had pain in the incision, swelling, inflammation, and necrosis. She went to that facility for re-examination and was injected with drugs directly into her breasts, but there was no improvement. The patient went to the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.

Not like makeup, hairdo

Dr. BS. Phan Ton Ngoc Vu, Head of Anesthesia – Resuscitation Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City Complications, especially in the field of surgery, are not uncommon in the medical industry, but looking at the current state of facilities, professional human resources in plastic surgery facilities and customer psychology. Currently, it is not difficult to predict that the “medical failure” from this service is very worrying.

Complications and deaths from procedures and cosmetic surgery still exist and are likely to increase as demand for this type of surgery increases as more people need to beautify themselves.

Dr. Vu said that many people think of this type of “beauty” technique as just makeup, so it is too easy on many sides, both service providers and customers.

People and customers with aesthetic needs need to understand properly about the complications of this surgical group. Dr. Vu said that complications during and after surgery are always included in surgery and anesthesia, this rate varies depending on the group of diseases requiring surgery.

Complications can be mild and leave no sequelae if detected and treated early, however, they still have a low rate, leaving permanent sequelae and death. The overall mortality rate of plastic surgery is 1 in 5,000 (according to the statistics of the medical journal West J Emerg Med).

Knowing more about plastic surgery will help people who go “beauty” to be careful with their decisions and make the right choice when there is a real need.

Plastic surgery is a special type of surgery to repair, reconstruct or alter a body part.

It can be divided into two main categories: reconstructive surgery and cosmetic surgery.

Reconstructive surgery includes: craniofacial surgery, hand surgery, microsurgery and burn treatment…, it helps to reconstruct a body part and improve its function.

Cosmetic surgery is surgery to improve the appearance and appearance of a client.

Before performing plastic surgery, the patient must be examined and treated for accompanying medical diseases, examined and consulted on issues surrounding the surgery, reassessed on the day of surgery, anesthetized and resuscitated the patient. During surgery, follow-up after surgery, after assessing the patient completely recovered to go home, but still consulted about possible events when discharged from the hospital.

Thus, in order to choose a safe cosmetic surgery and recover early, patients and customers should choose a licensed surgical center that is qualified in terms of facilities, procedures and above all, a team of doctors. Experienced and ethical personnel.

Khanh Chi