DOES BREAST REDUCTION SURGERY REQUIRE A HOSPITALIZATION OR IS IT AN OUT-PATIENT PROCEDURE?
Although breast reductions traditionally have involved a hospitalization of at least one night, many insurance carriers are now mandating that they be performed as an ambulatory procedure. ARE BREAST REDUCTIONS COVERED BY INSURANCE? The individual carriers make the decisions as far as coverage of breast reductions by insurance companies on a case-by-case basis. Some of the criteria used by insurance companies in making their decisions include the presence of symptoms such as back and shoulder pain and the estimate by the surgeon of the weight of tissue to be removed. WILL I LOSE SENSATION AFTER THE SURGERY? The loss of sensation after breast reduction can occur in a small percentage of cases and is related to the type of procedure selected by your surgeon. Fortunately, the procedures that are associated with the highest percentages of sensory loss free nipple grafting- are rarely performed these days. On the other hand, the central mound procedure is, in my experience, rarely associate
