Older patients had no increase in complications from plastic surgery after screening out other problems, according to a study from the Cleveland Clinic reported in HealthDay.
According to the report, the study followed 216 women for three years and found that, if screened properly, patients who undergo facelifts after age 65 are at no greater risk for complications than younger patients.
According to James Zins, MD, chairman of plastic surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, facelift surgery in the elderly has historically been thought to carry more post-operative risk. The study contradicts that belief by showing that patients over 65 had no statistically significant increase in complications if screened properly.
The study, published online May 27 in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the researchers analyzed how 148 women younger than 65 and 68 women older than 65 had fared during surgery and how they had recovered after surgery. They found that complications were greatly reduced when elderly patients were screened for significant co-morbidities.
Read the HealthDay report on the study from the Cleveland Clinic.
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According to the report, the study followed 216 women for three years and found that, if screened properly, patients who undergo facelifts after age 65 are at no greater risk for complications than younger patients.
According to James Zins, MD, chairman of plastic surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, facelift surgery in the elderly has historically been thought to carry more post-operative risk. The study contradicts that belief by showing that patients over 65 had no statistically significant increase in complications if screened properly.
The study, published online May 27 in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the researchers analyzed how 148 women younger than 65 and 68 women older than 65 had fared during surgery and how they had recovered after surgery. They found that complications were greatly reduced when elderly patients were screened for significant co-morbidities.
Read the HealthDay report on the study from the Cleveland Clinic.
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