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    Cirugías reconstructivas y de nariz

    Cualquier cambio en la nariz de una persona, significa un cambio drástico en su apariencia. Cómo deseas verte? Una correcta asesoría es vital para obtener un resultado final exitoso.

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    Aumento de senos

    El aumento de senos puede ser una cirugía que cambie tu vida, tu autoestima y haga que muchas miradas se fijen en ti.

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    Liposucción

    La liposucción es un procedimiento que te permitirá lucir de nuevo esa esbelta figura que has perdido por alguna razón.

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Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck)

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Those patients that present skin excess in the abdomen, grooves, fatty abdominal excess, little waist, and tone lack in the muscles of the previous abdomen and, scars in the inferior abdomen are excellent candidates for an abdominal dermolipectomy or abdominoplastic.

Anesthesia
It is recommended the general or peridural (in the column) according to each case in particular

Procedure: Previous demarcations are carried out to leave a scar in the low abdomen in the most convenient design for each patient according to the underwear or swimming suite dress that is used (low hipless or high bikini), the skin of the abdomen is totally unstuck, the muscles of the abdomen are adjusted to mark the waist and to leave a plane abdomen, the skin and fat excess is stretched out and then it is closed, relocating the navel again and leaving some plastic hoses or drainages for 5 to 7 days. It can be combined with waist or other places liposuction to optimize the result.

The patient is left almost banded more than one month. Most of the times it is recommended to leave the patient hospitalized for one night.

Antibiotics and analgesic are formulated, and is carried out a strict follow up. 
The patients whose case is light and more marked for skin excess and grooves under the navel are candidates for a mini abdominoplastic correcting the defects of the low abdomen.

 

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TECHNICAL RECORD

Procedure or surgery
Reduction of skin excess and leveling of the abdomen.

Methods: 
- Stretching and reduction of the skin
- Adjustment of the abdominal musculature.

Objective: 
- To reduce the quantity of spare skin. 
- To reduce the quantity of grooves and scars in the low abdomen
- To highlight the patient's waist.

Preoperative Preparation: 
- Fast 8 hours before. 
- To communicate possible medical allergies. 
- To go the day of the intervention with comfortable and wide buttoning or zipper dressing. 
- To take a post operative strip. 

Type of Anesthesia
- General in most of the cases. 
- It can sometimes be carried out by means of peridural anesthesia (column).

Incisions: 
- Generally is carried out an incision to the inferior abdomen that is designed according to the underwear type or swimming suit that the patient uses and an incision around the navel. 
- The drainage is placed in the pubic area.

Effects and/or convalescence: 
- Swelling during one month. 
- Ecchyimosis (bruises) during 15 days. 
- Located changes of sensibility (they disappear in weeks) 
- Do not to carry out efforts during two months. 
- Drainages removal within 5 to 7 days. 
- The patient should avoid walking erect during one week.

Complications: 
- Postoperative hemorrhages. Not very frequent.
- Infection. Not very frequent. 
- Fairly frequent seroma requires surveillance for its drainage. It is managed with rest and strips. 
- Skin necrosis, very related with smoking patients or with circulatory problems. 
- Bad scarring, is the patient's individual factor. 
- Thrombosis (clots) veined in inferior members, in patients that have varixes.

Post operative Instructions: 
- Rest during the first 5 days. 
- Do not to carry out any efforts during two months. 
- Use of strip during two months. 
- To take the recommended medication. 
- Do not to take the sun at least in two months. 
- Do not walk erect during the first week. 
- To attend the periodical controls. 
- The patient can travel within 30 to 40 days, according to the evolution. 
- Stitches removal within 15 to 20 days. 
- Post operative ice during 48 hours.

Hospitalization: 
- A day maximum.

Results: 
- Firm and plane abdomen depending on the overweight.

Final time:
- Two months

La Clínica Angel

The place where an aesthetic or plastic surgery is important when looking for a goodresult. La Clinica Angel has all the infrastructure and technology then necessary to give that assurance.

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Curriculum

A plastic surgeon in Colombia must be supported by institutions and agencies that certify their expertise and experience in aesthetic surgery must also have the necessary study to offer their services.

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Care

It is important that every patient knows what will be the recovery process in each procedure. Although variation in each aesthetic plastic surgery and every person, there are details that are common.

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