Older Plastic Surgery Patients & Anesthesia

Earlier in the year, researchers at the Duke University Medical Center discovered that patients above 60-years were more at risk for long-term cognitive problems after going through elective surgery procedures.

Cosmetic surgery too falls under this classification leading to some amount of concern among individuals who favor it and have had it.

The study found a lot of young and middle-aged and elderly patients experiencing postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) when they were discharged. Within three months, patients aged 60 and above were found to exhibit POCD more than the other age groups.

While researchers cannot pinpoint the exact causes of POCD, anesthesia administration during surgery is believed to be one of the triggers of this condition. There are some factions that attribute Bill Clinton’s lash out during his wife’s electoral campaign to POCD.

While complications from anesthesia are by no means common in everyone in the age around 60, it wouldn’t hurt to get yourself diagnosed completely by your plastic surgeon. At the Plastic Surgery Institute of California we have an intensive patient screening process for older patients.

Whether it is a liposuction surgery or a reconstructive face lift surgery you wish to have, our advanced surgical institute works ceaselessly towards reducing the risks that are always associated with surgery of any kind.