Revision surgery policy
TERMS FOR PAYMENT AND COMPENSATION OF REVISION PROCEDURES
(PATIENTS’ REPEATED TREATMENT) IN THE CLINIC – POLICY ON REVISION SURGERY
While the Clinic and its doctors make every effort to ensure your safety and to achieve best treatment results, each clinical procedure is related to risks and a specific treatment outcome is a target rather than a guarantee. Revision surgery shall be considered a normal occurrence, by which the result achieved during an earlier operation is improved. Revision surgery is a repeated surgical intervention after an initial operation. The patient shall be provided a consultation with a UAB “Artmedica” doctor before the revision surgery. If, during the consultation when the patient visits UAB “Artmedica”, contraindication(s) to the performance of the revision surgery/intervention is/are identified, the patient’s travel, accommodation or other expenses shall not be compensated.
1. REVISION SURGERY AND/OR TREATMENT FREE OF CHARGE shall be provided in the clinic to patients for early postoperative complications, including:
- seroma (in the facial area – evaluated individually, in other parts of the body – more than 100 ml);
- haematoma (specify the size – degree);
- infection (fever, culture, higher level of blood markers indicating inflammation, other objective medical test data);
- skin necrosis;
- increased wound size (more than 1 cm in size);
- ligature fistulas.
- implant restoration after removal due to infection (including implant/s).
The clinic shall be consulted within the first 3 months after the surgery. Free treatment is provided within 6 months after the date of approval of the revision surgery.
REMARK. The above-mentioned complications shall be confirmed by objective medical testing – results of a wound culture, results of blood tests, ultrasound test data and so on. The patient shall present medical records/copies proving such testing.
2. TERMS OF TREATMENT AT A MINIMAL PRICE:
2.1 At a fixed minimal price of EUR 600 for later postoperative complications such as:
- marked asymmetry (except preoperative asymmetry); (see clause 4);
- capsular contracture*;
- implant malposition *;
- implant(s) rupture;
- unwanted scarring (hypertrophic scar, keloid scar, scar expansion >5-10 mm);
- nasal adhesions;
- valve collapse.
*The patient pays for new implants unless it is a replacement covered by warranty.
2.2. At a fixed minimal price of EUR 1,000 for patients who had breast augmentation with implants and breast lift during the same surgery.
The patient has to apply to the Clinic within the first 12 months after the surgery, however, no earlier than 6 months after the surgery. Treatment at a fixed minimal price (EUR 600 or EUR 1,000) is provided within 1 year after the date of approval of the revision surgery.
3. GUARANTEES (WARRANTIES) RELATED TO IMPLANTS shall be provided to patients in accordance with the conditions specified by the manufacturer of such implants.
4. Other conditions such as asymmetry; the patient does not like the shape of a body part; insufficient liposuction; loose skin; unevenness detected by palpation/visual examination (after liposuction); fat non-survival (after fat transplantation) etc., SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED COMPLICATIONS and a new treatment episode shall be charged the full price minus a 15 per cent discount.
The full price of treatment shall also be charged to patients who choose at the time of revision (clause 1) or at the time of treatment for a fixed minimal price (clause 2) to receive additional health care services.
5. This REVISION POLICY SHALL NOT BE APPLIED if the following reasons are identified.
Revision surgery/intervention may be necessary due to factors beyond the doctor’s control. This does not mean that the surgery was unsuccessful or that another doctor would have performed such surgery better. The reasons for insufficient results which depend on factors beyond the control of the doctor or of the medical institution may include:
- Congenital difficulty with wound healing, characteristic of an individual.
- Congenital or acquired, predictable inclination for scarring and formation of keloid scars.
- The result is negatively affected by the environment or style of life. For example, excessive exposure to the sun or smoking, use of alcohol or narcotics.
- Failure to follow postoperative instructions, including limitations on activities or use of compression garments.
- The surgical site is not cared for.
- Poor care of the skin, including lack of hygiene or serious abdominal bloating, due to which tissue may repeatedly stretch and become thin.
- Weight fluctuation or pregnancy after the surgery.
- Poor blood circulation, due to which healing may be prolonged or open wounds (sores) may develop.
- Other surgical or non-surgical treatment may have been performed, which may have had an effect on the final result;
- The patient’s body mass index (BMI) is greater than 30.
- A repeated operation in the same area of the body is performed on the patient after an operation at another treatment establishment.
- Formation of dog ears after the surgery.
- Early leaving the treatment institution and Lithuania. Examination of the patient and re- dressing of wounds at the Clinic is required on the 5th – 7th day after the surgery.
PLEASE NOTE: The patient will be operated by the same surgeon who had performed the first surgery, in exceptional cases – by another surgeon of the Clinic
In each case, the Clinic reserves the right to decide on the application of the Revision Policy on an individual basis.
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