The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery Hospital (AACSH) was opened Sunday, announced Dubai Healthcare City, a member of Dubai's Tatweer.
The launch coincides with the first 'World Congress on Liposuction Surgery and Advances in Cosmetic Surgery in the UAE, scheduled between 29 and 31 October in Dubai.
AACS Hospital, the only international accredited operator in the region, provides wide ranging services incorporating modern techniques in cosmetics. It will also include the AACSH Educational Centre, providing internationally accredited surgical and non-surgical workshops, affiliated to the AACS in the US.
"We are indeed honored to announce the launch of the AACS Hospital a day before the 'World Congress on Liposuction Surgery and Advances in Cosmetic Surgery in the UAE' in Dubai. This is an international event that brings together surgeons from around the world to share their expertise and best practices in cosmetic surgery and we are aiming to host this congress again in the future", Executive Director of the AACS Hospital, Jeehan Abdul Qader MD, said.
"The AACS Hospital with its experienced world class surgeons adds a new dimension to the wide spectrum of DHCC's existing healthcare providers. This is also our first step into cosmetic surgery, advancing our mission of providing holistic care across the full range of healthcare services", said Dr. Muhadditha Al Hashimi, CEO, Dubai Healthcare City. Source
The launch coincides with the first 'World Congress on Liposuction Surgery and Advances in Cosmetic Surgery in the UAE, scheduled between 29 and 31 October in Dubai.
AACS Hospital, the only international accredited operator in the region, provides wide ranging services incorporating modern techniques in cosmetics. It will also include the AACSH Educational Centre, providing internationally accredited surgical and non-surgical workshops, affiliated to the AACS in the US.
"We are indeed honored to announce the launch of the AACS Hospital a day before the 'World Congress on Liposuction Surgery and Advances in Cosmetic Surgery in the UAE' in Dubai. This is an international event that brings together surgeons from around the world to share their expertise and best practices in cosmetic surgery and we are aiming to host this congress again in the future", Executive Director of the AACS Hospital, Jeehan Abdul Qader MD, said.
"The AACS Hospital with its experienced world class surgeons adds a new dimension to the wide spectrum of DHCC's existing healthcare providers. This is also our first step into cosmetic surgery, advancing our mission of providing holistic care across the full range of healthcare services", said Dr. Muhadditha Al Hashimi, CEO, Dubai Healthcare City. Source
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“SAFER, SIMPLER, BETTER & COST EFFECTIVE cosmetic surgery anesthesia is here today,” says Dr. Barry L. Friedberg, developer of bispectral index (BIS) monitored propofol ketamine sedation, now trademarked as minimally invasive anesthesia (MIA).®
The fundamental difference between cosmetic surgery and other surgery is there is no medical reason (indication) to perform it aside from post-mastectomy reconstruction,” states Dr. Friedberg, author and editor of Cambridge University Press’ ground-breaking “Anesthesia in Cosmetic Surgery. “
Without medical reason for cosmetic surgery, no avoidable anesthesia risks are acceptable.
All cosmetic procedures can be performed under purely local anesthesia. However, most patients prefer not to hear, feel or remember their cosmetic surgery, a state commonly associated with general anesthesia (GA). The use of the BIS monitor produces information from the brain, the anesthesiologist’s target organ. BIS permits anesthesia providers to assign numerical values to levels of sedation/anesthesia on a scale of 0-100.
SAFETY: The sleep portion of GA occurs at BIS 45-60. However, the patient can have the same experience with MIA at BIS 60-75 with 20-30% less drug in their body,” claims Dr. Friedberg. Less drug means lesser trespass. Lesser trespass translates into greater safety.
This safety claim is supported by Dr. Ann Lofsky, the anesthesiologist board of director for The Doctors’ Company, a medical liability insurer, at www.thedoctors.com/risk/specialty/anesthesiology/J4254.asp. Using Dr. Friedberg’s MIA technique avoids the dreaded (and sometimes fatal) complication of blood clots to the lungs (pulmonary embolism). MIA contains no drugs that are triggers for fatal (but rare) malignant hyperthermia (MH). GA drugs are triggering agents for MH.
SIMPLICITY: Compared with general anesthesia that typically requires giving 12-15 medications, MIA only requires 2 medications. BIS monitors the first of the two medications, propofol, on the patient’s brain. This knowledge enables the anesthesiologist to give custom tailored doses of propofol. Without this knowledge, the anesthesia provider is obliged to guess how much of the drug(s) to give. Clearly, measuring is better than guessing.
BETTER: If propofol is given at BIS 60-75, ketamine can be given without historically reported side effects. Ketamine at BIS 60-75 prevents the patient from feeling the pain of the local anesthetic injection. This phenomenon is called pre-emptive analgesia.
Pre-emptive analgesia means Dr. Friedberg’s patients have not required any narcotic medications for postoperative pain for the past ten years. By comparison, GA only prevents the patient from responding to the pain of the injection. Once the GA is turned off, the patient’s brain has to deal with the pain signals it received while asleep. Post-operative pain with GA is commonly treated with narcotics. The side effects of narcotics include nausea and vomiting, decidedly intolerable especially for facelift and tummy tuck patients, in addition to depression of breathing, risk of inhaling stomach contents into the lungs (aspiration) and constipation.
COST EFFECTIVE: Because MIA does not require an anesthesia machine and scavenging of exhaled gases, it is far less expensive than GA. Propofol is now available as a generic drug so there is no longer a cost advantage to GA.
The public must ask for SAFER, SIMPLER, BETTER & COST EFFECTIVE cosmetic surgery anesthesia for the surgical and anesthesia professions to change.
Disclaimer: Dr. Friedberg is not employed by Aspect Medical Systems, makers of the BIS monitor. He is not a stockholder or a paid consultant. The opinions expressed herein are his professional opinion based on 10 years experience with BIS monitoring for cosmetic surgery.
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