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How Likely Will Potentially Deadly Risks from Rhinoplasty surgery Occur?
I'll be having a rhinoplasty surgery soon with a doctor in New Orleans, and I really feel confident in his expertise. However, when I went to sign the papers, a few things scared me on the risk list. So now, I'm hoping to get some idea as to how often these worst case scenario risks occur, given that I am in competent hands. What frightens me is that the list mentioned things like toxic shock syndrome and also meningitis. Obviously this really scares the heck out of me. How likely are these potentially deadly risks to occur? Thanks?
Risks of Rhinoplasty
The most common risks of rhinoplasty include residual defect, incomplete correction, asymmetry and the need for additional operations. More remote risks include wound healing problems, bleeding Even more remote risks include infection (sepsis, meningitis) The risk of TSS comes from the packing. Extremely unusual. Meningitis would require a tear in the layer protecting your brain and an undrained infection. Both very unusual. It sounds like your surgeon is being complete which is fantastic. You should direct these questions to her or him as each provider's PERSONAL complication rate with the procedure being performed is critical. I hope this helps!
