Aspiration pneumonia may be associated with tummy tuck when general anesthesia is used. Since the patient will be sedated, gastric contents may be inhaled into the lungs and can produce lung injury. This is very rare, and preoperative administration of medications can greatly decrease this risk
You have a wealth of information on this post, really great post however I was wondering if you could write a litte more on this topic? I’d be very grateful if you could elaborate a little bit further. I know other posts did say you had some good information here, and that’s ceratinly very accurate. Just that I’ve had aspiration pneumonia in the past and really want to know more about it before going in for my surgery in a few weeks. Thanks again.
I just wanted to throw you a big thanks – you cleared up some things for me! Like Mildred said, this is a great article on tummytuck risks. Thanks
A nice post with nice ideas. I came to your site via Google as well and I think you’ve done a great job with explaining aspiration pneumonia in a way that is easy to understand.
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