Office-Based Plastic Surgery with General Anesthesia: Efficiency of Cost and Time

ABSTRACT

Office-based plastic surgery with general anesthesia has several benefits compared with hospital-based surgery. Office-based procedures can be done in a safe, cost- and time-efficient manner, with improved convenience for both the surgeon and the patient. A review and discussion of outpatient plastic surgery procedures at the Marina Outpatient Surgery Center in Marina del Rey, California, was performed.

KEYWORDS

Office-based plastic surgery - general anesthesia

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