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Another Former Patient Of Jan Adams Tells Surgery Horror Story - Monday, January 14, 2008
A former patient of Dr. Jan Adams, the plastic surgeon who performed surgery on Kanye West's mother, Donda, the day before her death, has come forward with more claims of malpractice against the man who has been accused of contributing to Dr. West's death. The woman, Michele Trobaugh, says she regrets the day she ever heard of Dr. Adams. When she was 28 years old, Dr. Adams performed a breast augmentation, tummy tuck and liposuction on her all at one time.The next day, she woke up feeling like there was an elephant sitting on her chest and stomach. She went to the bathroom and noticed the girdle she was wearing was soaked with blood and other fluids. In subsequent days, she soaked towels and blankets clear through on a daily basis. She suffered three infections and had a second surgery a few weeks after the first to remove the fluid from her hips.
Ms. Trobaugh makes the following suggestions to anyone contemplating having any cosmetic surgery performed:
Make sure the surgeon is board-certified. For plastic surgery, you want a doctor who's certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. It's simple: The American Board of Medical Specialties' web site will tell you if a doctor is board-certified in plastic surgery.
Board-certified plastic surgeons have to do continuing medical education and take a written test every 10 years. Keep in mind that any doctor can perform any surgery. For instance, a psychiatrist can perform breast surgery, but he/she is obviously not qualified to do so. Board-certified is imperative.
Check the surgeon's record. Trobaugh says she never would have gone to Adams if she'd known he had two malpractice judgments against him. She could have found that out easily by going to the Medical Board of California's Web site.
Ask if the surgeon has hospital privileges. Even if you're having a plastic surgery procedure at an outpatient clinic, it's worth asking where the doctor has hospital privileges, because hospitals do background checks, says Dr. Rod Rohrich, past president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. "If they don't have hospital privileges, that's a huge red flag," he says.
Come armed with questions for the doctor. You can ask how many times he has performed the surgery you want to have, how he does the procedure, what recovery is like, etc. Ask, ask, and then ask some more!
Be wary of multiple procedures. When you bundle procedures like Dr. Adams did with Trobaugh, the risk goes way up.
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