The cause of death was a massive pulmonary embolism. Find out more about the risks of liposuction
The model and stage assistant for the SBT program “Domingo Legal”, Luana Andrade, died at the age of 29. She, who also participated in the sixth edition of Record’s reality show “Power Couple Brasil”, was engaged to the businessman João Hadad.
His press office and his friends confirmed the news on Tuesday 7 November. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the death from our dear councilor Luana Andrade. Our most sincere condolences to his family and friends”, reads the note published by MM image strategy.
According to one of the influencer’s managers, Marcos MoraesLuana went to perform cosmetic procedures at the São Luiz Hospital, in Sao Paulo, last Monday (6), and had complications. “She was having lipo surgery on her thigh. They did her abdomen and were about to have her legs done. In the area around the knee, that’s where the death occurred,” she said.
Marcos also revealed that the model was in pain four cardiac arrests, the last one at 4:30 in the morning. “She had the first and they revived her. She had the second, everything was fine. She had the third, everything was fine. And she had the fourth, which was in the wee hours of the morning. She was having liposuction and happened to suffer all four arrests.” , she explained. “The team was wonderful. There was no medical errorit was an accident. He had done pre-operative teststhere was nothing wrong,” Moraes stressed.
The São Luiz do Itaim hospital, where she underwent surgery, reported that the cause of death was a massive pulmonary embolism.
UNDERSTANDING MASSIVE PULMONARY EMBOLISM
In an interview with Boa Forma, the Dr. Michelle Andreata, pulmonologist from Saúde no Lar, explains that “massive pulmonary embolism prevents the blood from circulating within the lungs and carrying out gas exchange. As a result, the individual dies of asphyxiation, since he cannot access the oxygen in the air and exchange with blood.” The condition can manifest itself with drop in blood pressure, shortness of breath AND cardiac arrest.
According to her, extensive surgeries are part of the risk factors to the problem, as well as heart failure, cancer, immobilization, obesity, smoking, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Covid-19, use of contraceptives with estrogen, varicose veins, fractures of large bones, pregnancy and postpartum.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE RISKS OF LIPOSUCTION
During liposuction, the plastic surgeon removes fat cells from the subcutaneous region using a vacuum cannula (via a syringe or device). To be safe, surgery should not remove more than 7 percent of the patient’s body fat.
Like any other surgery, lipo, as it is popularly known, carries some risks, the most serious of which are: deep vein thrombosis, infections AND fat embolism.
“In the post-operative period, depending on the professional who performed the operation and also on other factors, irregularities in the contour may occur. In other words, those results that you look at and realize that there are irregularities, accumulations of fat where they shouldn’t be there,” adds the Dr. Maiève Corralo, plastic surgery. Bruising, scarring and swelling may also appear after liposuction.
Despite this, it is important to remember that, in general, Serious complications are rare. “There is no risk-free surgery, nor a medical procedure that does not involve some type of risk, especially when it comes to surgery. This necessarily involves an invasive technique that requires anesthesia, both local and general. In short , we have, at least, two procedures: the anesthetic and the surgicaleach with its own risks”, states the Dr. Eduardo Teixeiraprofessor of plastic surgery and member of the Brazilian College of Plastic Surgery.
Second Doctor Thiago Amorimanesthetist trained at the Albert Einstein hospital, fat embolism This occurs when fat enters the bloodstream and can be transported to other parts of the body. “Since this is a liposuction procedure, There is a possibility that the fat will enter the bloodstream and be carried to the lungscausing a decrease in oxygenation, because it ends up being deposited in the pulmonary capillaries and no longer allows the blood to pass through there and receive oxygen”, he says.
“It is not a common complication. The first signs of the condition are: a rapid and unexplained decrease in the patient’s oxygenation, increased heart rate, decreased blood pressure. Faced with this condition, the anesthetist begins to investigate what is happening and begins to take measures to combat the damage to the patient’s body, mainly the decrease in oxygenation and the decrease in blood pressure”, adds the anesthetist.
Furthermore, the Doctor Diovane Ruaropresident of Brazilian College of Plastic Surgeryguarantees that the combination of different areas in liposuction, such as abdomen, thighs, back, hips and armpits, is common and does not necessarily imply a greater risk for the patient, as long as all safety criteria are strictly respected, including the determinations of the anesthetist and cardiologist and preoperative risk assessments and strategies.
“Indeed, plastic surgery procedures, including liposuction, can present complications and occasionally fatal complications. In view of this, we reiterate the importance of performing surgical procedures, whether liposuction, breast surgery, abdominal surgery, facial or any other surgery, with qualified and experienced professionalsIn adequately equipped surgical centers. It is best to perform surgeries in hospitals that have an intensive care unit (ICU) or have easy access to one. The pre-operative period must be carried out with the greatest possible attention, choosing the most appropriate moment and taking into account the patient’s healthYou exams and the time needed for recovery“, highlights Ruaro.
Source: Terra
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