| If you are searching for a San Francisco plastic | | | | Anesthetic drugs that quickly disappear from the |
| surgeon to perform a cosmetic surgery procedure, | | | | bloodstream allow patients to go home within hours |
| like liposuction, one very important skill to determine - | | | | of many surgical procedures. The general estimation |
| once you have examined his or her background, | | | | is that almost half of all surgeries performed by San |
| education credentials, experience, and expertise in | | | | Francisco plastic surgeons now take place on an |
| the procedure you require - would be: how well does | | | | outpatient basis, in a hospital, an ambulatory surgical |
| he or she communicate? Are there a readiness and a | | | | facility, medical clinic, or doctor's office. |
| willingness to explain all the options and describe the | | | | According to the American Society of |
| full procedure as well as answer in detail those | | | | Anesthesiologists, deaths due to anesthetic |
| awkward questions concerning the degree of pain or | | | | procedures in generally healthy patients have |
| the costs involved? | | | | dramatically declined in the last twenty years, from 1 |
| In California, Bay Area patients have found such a | | | | in 10,000 cases to a current estimate of 1 in 250,000 |
| surgeon in Board-Certified San Francisco plastic | | | | cases. Specialized training and the use of anesthesia |
| surgeon, Dr. Scott W. Mosser, a firm believer in the | | | | simulators enable anesthesiologists to gain ongoing |
| importance of doctor-patient communication prior to | | | | expertise in administering anesthesia in a |
| the surgery for achieving a successful outcome. | | | | computer-controlled environment without endangering |
| "Elimination of pain during surgery and the | | | | patients. Safer and more effective drugs as well as |
| management of pain during recovery are both | | | | sophisticated equipment and instruments for |
| important subjects of discussion during the | | | | controlling delivery also play a significant part in |
| consultation stage," says the San Francisco plastic | | | | making anesthetic procedures safe. |
| surgeon, Dr. Mosser. | | | | For a majority of plastic surgery procedures, a |
| It is a fact that as recently as twenty years ago the | | | | general anesthesia is not mandatory, and usually they |
| dangers posed by anesthetic procedures were a | | | | do not necessitate a hospital stay. In this manner, in |
| legitimate risk factor in deciding whether to have | | | | many cases, the patient has a choice regarding the |
| surgery. Although there is no longer any reason to | | | | type of anesthesia that the anesthesiologist can |
| fear modern anesthesia, Dr. Mosser understands that | | | | perform. |
| a full explanation of the type and technique used to | | | | An experienced San Francisco plastic surgeon, Dr. |
| administer anesthesia can go a long way towards | | | | Mosser performs a wide range of procedures (like |
| eliminating fear and distress. Therefore, the only | | | | liposuction) very much needed by many of his |
| worries the patient will have are those regarding how | | | | patients who want to improve their self-respect. You |
| well he or she will look after undergoing the breast | | | | may schedule plastic surgery procedures at his office |
| reduction, butt lift or the liposuction procedure. | | | | at 450 Sutter Street on Union Square, as well as at |
| Newer and safer anesthetic drugs allow an increased | | | | the California Pacific Medical Center and St. Mary's |
| degree of control of consciousness, and result in | | | | Medical Center in San Francisco. |
| fewer side effects, both during and following surgery. | | | | |