Safety In Accredited Facilities Confirmed By Largest Review Of Office-Based Plastic Surgery

A study examining plastic surgery procedures performed in accredited outpatient facilities found that office-based surgery is as safe as surgery performed in hospitals. The study published in July’s Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery® (PRS), the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), reviewed more than 1.1 million procedures and found the mortality rate to be significantly less than one percent or 0.002 percent.

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Filed under: Cosmetic Medicine on July 25th, 2008