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Iverson RE, Lynch DJ; American Society of Plastic Surgeons Committee on Patient. Safety.
Practice advisory on liposuction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2004 Apr 15;113(5):1478-90; discussion 1491-5. PMID: 15060366
The Plastic Surgery Center, Pleaston, CA 94566, USA.
COMMITTEE STATEMENT: At the 69th annual meeting of the American Society of
Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) in October of 2000, the ASPS Board of Directors convened
the Task Force on Patient Safety in Office-Based Surgery Facilities. The task
force was assembled in the wake of several highly publicized patient deaths
involving plastic surgery and increasing state legislative and regulatory
activity of office-based surgery facilities. In response to the increased
scrutiny of the office-based surgery setting, the task force produced two
practice advisories: "Procedures in the Office-Based Surgery Setting" and
"Patient Selection in the Office-Based Surgery Setting." Since the task force's
inception, professional and public awareness of patient safety issues has
continued to grow. This heightened interest resulted in an increased need for
plastic surgeons to communicate their views on the topic. To meet this
challenge, the task force evolved into the Committee on Patient Safety, allowing
the committee to address topics affecting the safety and welfare of plastic
surgery patients, regardless of the facility setting. The "Practice Advisory on
Liposuction" is the first advisory developed since the committee was formed. It
was a lengthy and painstaking process for the committee, which included
representatives from related plastic surgery organizations as well as the
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). Committee members included Ronald
E. Iverson, M.D., chair; Jeffery L. Apfelbaum, M.D., ASA representative; Bruce
L. Cunningham, M.D., ASPS/Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation (PSEF) Joint
Outcomes Task Force representative; Richard A. D'Amico, M.D., ASPS
representative; Victor L. Lewis, Jr., M.D., ASPS Health Policy Analysis
Committee representative; Dennis J. Lynch, M.D., ASPS representative; Noel B.
McDevitt, M.D., ASPS Deep Vein Thrombosis Task Force representative; Michael F.
McGuire, M.D., The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS)
representative; Louis Morales, Jr., M.D., American Society of Maxillofacial
Surgeons representative; Calvin R. Peters, M.D., Florida Ad Hoc Commission on
Patient Safety representative; Robert Singer, M.D., American Association for
Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities representative; Thomas Ray
Stevenson, M.D., American College of Surgeons representative; Rebecca S.
Twersky, M.D., ASA representative; Ronald H. Wender, M.D., ASA representative;
and James A. Yates, ASAPS representative. The authors thank members of the
committee for the insights they brought to this process. The final document
represents their significant contributions to these efforts. They would also
like to recognize DeLaine Schmitz and Pat Farrell of the ASPS staff for their
work on and support of this project. Publication Types: Guideline. Practice Guideline
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