All 1 Clinics that provide Breast Reduction in Austria

Oversized breasts can be the cause of other physical and psyhcological problems, including lower back pains and worries about your general appearance. Breast reduction surgery, or reduction mammaplasty, is designed to reduce the size of your breasts in order to allieviate these problems.

Breast reduction surgery can also be performed on individual breasts in the case where there is some asymmetry between the two breasts.

Length

The procedure can last up to four hours.

Procedure

The procedure is carried out under local anaesthetic and involves repositioning the nipple and its surrounding tissue and removing excess fat cells from the lower breast and underarm area. The goal is to achieve a natural shape to the breast and retain as much sensation and function as possible.

Recovery

You will be required to stay for between 1 and 3 days, and stitches are usually removed between 1 and 2 weeks later. Typically you are required to rest for between 2 and 6 weeks after the operation.

Risks

There can be significant scarring depending on the quality of the surgical stitching, and there can be up to three different scars per breast depending on the exact procedure required. There can be excess skin left after the breast reduction itself which can require another operation later on to remedy. There is also the risk of loss of sensation and function in the nipple itself.

A guide to plastic surgery regulations in Austria

Austria has one of the world's most respected medical traditions. A social welfare system was put in place in the 1800s. Some of the most important developments in medicine and patient care were pioneered in Austria. That experience shows in the profession today, regulation is highly developed with both federal and local programmes to insure the highest quality of care.

Organizations

The Austrian Medical Chamber represents medical professionals. There is a federal division of the Chamber into the 9 Länder (federal governmental units).

The Quality Assurance & Quality Management in Medicine (OEQMed) is tasked by the Medical Chamber with imposing quality levels for clinics and physicans. In 2008 all clinics should have been reviewed by OEQMed: assesment is valid for 5 years.

The Austrian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeons is the official professional society that Plastic Surgeons in Austria must be members of. The society has an online facility for verifying surgeons are part of its membership.

Education

Each of Austria's 3 medical schools follows a 6 year (12 semester) programme for initial qualification as a medical doctor.

Austria has over 17,000 practicing specialists - with Plastic Surgery (Plastische Chirurgie) a recognized medical specialty with a mimimun of 6 years registrar experience required for recognition as "Facharzt für Plastische Chirurgie" (Specialist in Plastic Surgery).

Continuing medical education (CME) is on a voluntary basis. Uptake has been high and accreditation of training facilities is highly regulated. A diploma of continuing education can be earned by acquiring 120 CME points in a 3 year period (1 point = 45 minutes of training).

Complaints

Each Länder had an ombudsman to deal with patient complaints. The ombudsman is independant - both politically and of the medical profession.

Storage and Access to Medical Records

Among the rights defined by law of patients in Austria are: the right to privacy; the right to medical confidentiality, discretion and secrecy; a patient's right to view their medical records and obtain a copy of them.
Austria is in compliance with EU regulations on data protection.

Resources

Austrian Medical Chamber
Weihburggasse 10-12
A-1010 Wien
email: post@aerztekammer.at
website: http://www.aerztekammer.at

The Austrian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeons
website: http://www.plastischechirurgie.org

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