A 53-year-old woman presented with sepsis from gluteal cellulitis and abscesses one month after undergoing abdominoplasty and "buttock sculpting" in the Dominican Republic. The patient required numerous debridement and drainage procedures, in addition to I...
Dozens of U.S. citizens died after receiving cosmetic surgery in theDominican Republicover a 14-year period, according to theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency found that 93 Americans died after undergoing such procedures in the Caribbean country between 2009 and 2022. Autopsy ...