Anesthesia in Cosmetic Surgery

Barry Friedberg

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Cambridge University Press
09 April 2007

Anaesthetics; Cosmetic surgery

One major by-product of the aging baby-boom generation has been a surging interest in cosmetic surgery. Out-patient cosmetic surgery clinics have sprouted up in droves all over the U.S., and the number of cosmetic procedures performed in 2005 increased by over 95% from the previous year. Although procedures like facelifts and abdominoplasties (the 'tummy-tuck') are considered minimally invasive, the anesthetic protocols and regimens here are often overly complex and unnecessarily toxic. Major complications involving anesthesia in this (and any other) surgical milieu can range from severe post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) to neuromuscular spasticity to mortality. The mortality spectrum of things may be rare, but there have been many cases in which perfectly healthy cosmetic surgery patients require emergency intervention due to a severe complication involving anesthesia. In recent years, many new anesthetic protocols have been developed to reduce the incidence of PONV and other complications, while ensuring that effective pain management and level of 'un-awareness' during surgery is always maintained.

Edited by: Barry Friedberg
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 287mm, Width: 223mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 1.032kg
ISBN: 9780521870900
ISBN 10: 0521870909
Pages: 284
Publication Date: 09 April 2007
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Barry L. Friedberg, MD, is a volunteer assistant professor at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. Since 1992, he has practiced exclusively in the subspecialty of office-based anesthesia for elective cosmetic surgery. He founded the Society for Office Anesthesiologists (SOFA) in 1996 that he merged in 1998 with the Society for Office Based Anesthesia (SOBA), another non-profit, international society dedicated to improving patient safety through education. Dr Friedberg is the developer of propofol ketamine (PK) technique designed to maximize patient safety by minimizing the degree to which patients need to be medicated to create the illusion of general anesthesia, i.e. 'no hear, no feel, no recall.'

Reviews for Anesthesia in Cosmetic Surgery

'...there is nothing in print remotely as up to date or comprehensive ... you would be well advised to give this book serious consideration.' Anaesthesia and Intensive Care