Less is Better!!

Several deaths happened recently in Liposuction Surgery (LSS) gave origin to a distorted information about how risky LSS is, that their practice should be prohibited to the Dermatologists (Derm) and that LSS must be performed only by Plastic Surgeons (PlSurg). No one death was reported from 300,000 LSS performed by Derms between 1995 and 2000. So do neither any severe complication. By the contrary, PlSurg had an index of death of 1 per every 5,000 LSS. The 5 main causes of death were thromboembolism 23%, abdominal perforation 14.6%, aspiration 13.3%, complications due to anesthesia 10.0% and fat embolism 8.5%. Other severe complications were abdominal perforation, acute pulmonary oederma, retroperitoneal hemorrage, septic shock and necrotizing fasciitis. All of these LSS were performed by non-Derm. PlSurg are sued 113 times more than Derm. When a problem takes place however, is to these last specialist s who operating room privileges are taken off. In Latin America, deaths in LSS have been caused only by non-Derm (PlSurg mostly). Nevertheless, Derm are always blamed. Cool figures are our best defense and they don't lie. By following closely the AAD/AACS guidelines for the performance of LSS, this operation should be extremely safe. Answering the question in the title: Nobody should die by LSS.