Because of her beauty needs, Ms. VTH (47 years old) went to a cosmetic hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on June 29 with the desire to reduce fat and excess skin in the abdominal area.
Through testing and diagnosis, on the same day, the patient received a total abdominoplasty combined with abdominal liposuction by an endotracheal anesthesiologist.
After more than 4 hours of surgery, at 5:00 p.m. the same day, the patient was extubated and transferred to the plastic surgery department for further treatment.
More than 1 day after surgery, the patient complained of fatigue, difficulty breathing, and the progression gradually worsened. The hospital initiated a red alert within the hospital and contacted Cho Ray Hospital to request professional assistance.
The patient was transferred to Cho Ray Hospital by ambulance. After emergency intervention there, the patient was temporarily stabilized.
This is just one of the cases where there is a need for liposuction and problems affecting health.
And in recent years, the health sector in Ho Chi Minh City has also recorded many deaths due to liposuction.
From an expert perspective, performing many cosmetic surgeries, Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Hieu Liem, Head of the Department of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery at Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine and Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, said: We know that there are many cosmetic establishments operating illegally, unskilled doctors who have not been properly trained, do not have practice certificates... but still advertise to popularize cosmetic surgery, in That includes abdominal liposuction.
Abdominal liposuction can have complications, the most important of which is venous thrombosis of the lower limbs because it requires lying for a period of 3-4 hours, causing the blood vessels of the lower limbs to become clogged and form blood clots.
When you exercise again, the blood clot will move in the blood. If it moves to the heart or brain, it can cause a stroke to the lungs, causing respiratory failure and apnea...
According to Dr. Liem, the cause of complications is often due to embolism. Because when anesthetized, all the veins in the body dilate, dilated blood vessels combined with lying for a long time, pumping drugs into the abdomen causes compression in the abdominal area, so blood easily stagnates and goes back into other organs. The majority of deaths are due to these complications.
Dr. Liem said there is a reality in many cases when beautifying the person who does the surgery. If something goes wrong, it's unclear who is responsible.
