[Japanese Inquirer] Q. Is it okay to proceed with costal cartilage harvesting under intravenous anesthesia?

Hello. I am Director Kim Hyung-taek of Kowon Plastic Surgery, where we create highly refined results with meticulous technical skill.

Today, we received a question from a person in Japan who was concerned about the risk depending on the anesthesia method used during costal cartilage harvesting.

In this answer note, I will talk about that.

Q. Is it okay to proceed with costal cartilage harvesting under intravenous anesthesia?

When removing rib cartilage, many places use general anesthesia, but I heard Kowon uses intravenous anesthesia. Is it okay even if it is not general anesthesia?

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They do general anesthesia when taking rib cartilage in many places, but Kowon says it is intravenous anesthesia.

Is it okay even without general anesthesia?

Harvesting costal cartilage is actually very difficult and complicated if you do not know the exact location, more so than the specific anesthesia method. There is also risk involved.

Regardless of the anesthesia method, costal cartilage harvesting is not easy because it involves determining the costal cartilage size that is appropriate for the patient, deciding the amount needed for the patient, and precisely harvesting only the minimum necessary amount of that cartilage.

Although the surgery itself has challenging aspects, if the doctor has extensive experience with costal cartilage harvesting, the operation usually ends in a very short time, so being under sedation anesthesia is not a major issue. The risk of the commonly mentioned pneumothorax is also safer when the surgery is performed by correctly identifying the proper harvesting location for the costal cartilage rather than focusing on anesthesia.

I have safely harvested costal cartilage and performed surgery under sedation anesthesia for more than 20 years and in more than 3,000 cases. As the long-time head of the costal cartilage surgery center, I have spent many years experiencing only that procedure, so I believe I am confident when it comes to costal cartilage harvesting.

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I have safely harvested costal cartilage and performed surgery under sedation anesthesia for more than 20 years and in more than 3,000 cases. As the long-time head of the costal cartilage surgery center, I have spent many years experiencing only that procedure, so I am confident when it comes to costal cartilage harvesting.

Harvesting costal cartilage is actually very difficult and complicated if you do not know the exact location, more so than the specific anesthesia method. That also creates risk. Regardless of the anesthesia method, costal cartilage harvesting is not easy because it involves determining the costal cartilage size that is appropriate for the patient, deciding the amount needed for the patient,

and precisely harvesting only the minimum necessary amount of that cartilage.

Although the surgery itself has challenging aspects, if the doctor has extensive experience with costal cartilage harvesting, the operation usually ends in a very short time, so being under sedation anesthesia is not a major issue. The risk of the commonly mentioned pneumothorax is also safer when the surgery is performed by correctly identifying the proper harvesting location for the costal cartilage rather than focusing on anesthesia.

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