Buttocks implants
With this surgery improved shape and size of the buttocks is achieved.
- Duration of the surgery:
Up to two hours
- Anesthesia:
General or epidural anesthesia
- Surgical procedure:
Special gluteal implants could be round or anatomical, smooth or with texture, the choice is up to the patient. The scar is made in mid gluteal furrow, and implants are most often placed inside the big gluteal muscle. The drainage is compulsory.
- Postoperative procedure:
One to two days hospital stay is advised after this surgery. Postoperatively, the patient is positioned face down, and in the next 72 hours stays either like that or if on his/her back, at the special constructed bridge so that the buttocks does not touch the surface. Sitting is not allowed for several weeks after the surgery, or a special device that enables sitting without implants touching the surface is designated. For three weeks after the surgery excessive walking or climbing the stairs is not advised. Wearing the garment is compulsory.
- Risks:
Hematoma, seromas, infection, moving or dislocation of the implant, capsular contracture, implant’s rupture, “feeling” the implants, difficult of not healing of the wound.