Six months after Kanye West’s mother died following liposuction and breast implant surgery, the reverberations continue to be felt. Now lawmakers and physicians are urging greater protections for patients undergoing cosmetic surgery.
Across the country, such surgeries are increasingly done outside hospital settings in outpatient clinics, where a doctor can avoid the rigorous review that, say, a heart surgeon would face at a traditional hospital. Those lobbying for greater surveillance say attempts to regulate the fast-growing industry have faltered.\
