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ARG Plastic Surgery

ARG Plastic Surgery has a highly qualified medical staff, specialized in plastic surgery and aesthetic medicine, with extensive experience in patient care in Argentina and abroad, state-of-the-art equipment, and state-of-the-art procedures.

We have the surgical criteria, the ability to listen and the necessary time that allows us to particularize each case, to decide the appropriate treatment to their needs and thus preserve their freshness and style.
At ARG Plastic Surgery we work to generate positive changes in the quality of life of our patients, helping them to see themselves as they crave.

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Staff

Dr. Gustavo Kovalovsky MD
Dr. Gustavo Kovalovsky MDPlastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon

Member of the Argentine Medical Association (AMA)

Member of the Buenos Aires Society of Plastic Surgery

Member of the Argentinian Society of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery

Re certificated as Plastic Surgery Specialist for the AMA comitee for recertifications

Hospital Fiorito, General Surgery Division, Head of Service: Rafael Inzeo

Hospital Fiorito, Service of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and Section of Reconstructive Microsurgery Buco-Maxilo-Facial, Head of Service: Dr. Claudio Angrigiani

Institute of Psychophysical Rehabilitation (IREP), Plastic Surgery Service, Head of Service: Prof. Dr. Ricardo Yohena

Hospital Ramos Mejia, Plastic Surgery Service Service: Dr. Manuel Viñal

Hospital Posadas, Plastic Surgery Service, Head of Service: Dr. Claris Skockdopole

Burned Hospital, Burned Unit, Head of Service: Dr. Bertone

Ricardo Gutierrez Children’s Hospital, Plastic Surgery Service, Head of Service: Dr. Rubén Aufgang

Robles Plastic Surgery Clinic, Director: Dr. Marcelo Robles

Doctor of Surgery Guard -Hospital Equiza -Prov. From Buenos Aires

Career Specialist in Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA)

Improvement of knowledge and skills in plastic, reconstructive and cosmetic surgery working with renowned specialists (Drs: Angrigiani, Grilli, Gagliardi, Robles)

Surgeon company MEDICAL TRIP-section Plastic Surgery

Surgeon company PLENITAS-Plastic Surgery section

Surgeon company SUDMEDIX-section Plastic Surgery

Participation in Reconstructive Surgery Campaigns

Participant – surgeon – of the repairing surgery program “Caritas Felices” carried out in the city of Choele Choel – Province of Río Negro – Head of Campaign Dr. Claudio Angrigiani

Participant – surgeon – of the MITA Í Program of reparative surgeries in Oberá and San Vicente – Province of Misiones – Head of Campaign Dr. Claudio Angrigiani

Participant-surgeon- of the Repairing Surgery Campaign in Santo Tomé – Province of Corrientes -Joe and Coordination Dr. Claudio Angrigiani

Participant-surgeon-of the Campaigns of reparative surgeries in El Bolsón – Province of Río Negro -Jefatura and Coordination Dr. Claudio Angrigiani

Participant-surgeon- of the Humanitarian Program TEMBEVO OPA (eradication of the cleft lip) of reparative surgeries in the city of Goya-Province of Corrientes-Head of Campaign: Dr. Claudio Angrigiani

2001

II International Conference of the Society of Plastic Surgery of La Plata, subject: Breast Plastic Surgery

2001

XIV Argentine and Latin American Congress of Resident Physicians of General Surgery

2003

Symposium Advances in the Treatment of Facial Aging

2004

XXXIV Argentine Congress of Plastic Surgery- La Plata-Buenos Aires -Argentina

2004

III Workshop on Plastic Surgery – Universidad Católica Argentina

2004

1st Plastic Surgery Day of the Sanatorium La Florida, Homage to the career of Dr. Flavio Sturla

2004 Fundación Fundapreve, XVII National Symposium of Phlebology and X of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery

2004

VI Interuniversity Days of Plastic Surgery- Córdoba- Argentina

2004

Meeting with European Masters -Aesthetic Surgery Experts

2004

IX International Symposium of Plastic Surgery “Siglo XXI” – Society of Plastic Surgery of Buenos Aires

2004

Symposium of Plastic Surgery and Related Subjects with other Specialties-Universidad del Salvador

2005

XXXV Argentine Congress of Plastic Surgery and X Congress of Plastic Surgery of the South American Cone -Buenos Aires -Argentina

2005

IV University Conference of Plastic Surgery – Universidad Católica Argentina

2005

X International Symposium of Plastic Surgery “Siglo XXI” – Society of Plastic Surgery of Buenos Aires

2005

Conference of Complications in Plastic Surgery-Universidad Católica Argentina

2006

XXXVI Argentine Congress of Plastic Surgery – Buenos Aires- Argentina

2006

V University Conference of Plastic Surgery – Universidad Católica Argentina- Secretary

2006

VIII Interuniversity Conference of Plastic Surgery-Córdoba -Argentina-Secretary of the table topic: Reconstructive Plastic Surgery

2006

IV University Conference of Complications and Unsatisfactory Results in Plastic Surgery-Table Secretary, topic: Complications in rhinoplasty- Universidad Católica Argentina

2006

V Conference for Resident and Training Physicians in Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery “Dr. José M. Robles ”

2006

XI International Symposium of Plastic Surgery “Siglo XXI” – Society of Plastic Surgery of Buenos Aires

2007

VI University Surgery of Plastic Surgery – Universidad Católica Argentina

2000

Basic Life Support Course / Basic Life Support (BLS) – granted by the Ministry of Health of the Province of Buenos Aires Hospital de Agudos “P.V. of lamb”-

2002

Course M.I.A.T.R.A. (Integrated Modules for the Attention of the Traumatized granted by the “Buenos Aires Society of Critical Medicine, Trauma and Disaster”

2003

25th Anniversary International Course of the 1st Official Residence of Plastic Surgery Intersonal Hospital of Acute “Eva Perón”

2003-2004

Annual Course of Updates in Plastic Surgery, Argentine Society of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery

2004

Theoretical-Practical Course of Introduction to Mesotherapy – Argentine School of Mesotherapy

2004

Course “20 Years of Experience in Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery” – College of Physicians of the Prov. Of Buenos Aires District IV, Argentine Society of Plastic Surgery, Society of Plastic Surgery of Buenos Aires and Chair of Plastic Surgery of the Catholic University Argentina

2004

Intensive Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Course, Dr. Jose M. Robles

2005

Intensive Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Course, Dr. Jose M. Robles

2006

Course of Plastic Surgery VIII Interuniversity Conference of Plastic Surgery-Córdoba-Argentina

2006

Theoretical-practical course of botulinum toxin type “A” in the upper third of the face-Universidad Católica Argentina y Allergan S.A.

2006

Course Cinquantenaire Facial Aesthetics-Argentine Society of Plastic Surgery

2006

1st University Course of the Medical Consultation in Plastic Surgery ASSISTED MENTIONS

2001

Municipality of Choele Choel-Río Negro- Argentina

2002

Fiorito Hospital- Integration Program- Rotary Club District 4910

2003

Humanitarian Program TEMBEVO OPA (eradication of cleft lip) -Rotary Club Goya District 4790-Corrientes-Argentina

2003

Honorable Mention – Mita Program – Oberá – Missions – Argentina – Rotaract District 4840 WORKS PRESENTED “Effects of hypoproteinemia on wound healing” VI Interuniversity Workshop on Plastic Surgery – Córdoba – Argentina “Management of fronto ethmoidal cyst” VIII ° Interuniversity Days of Plastic Surgery- Córdoba- Argentina “Jaw fracture by projectile of firearm in pediatric patient-on the subject of a case” VIII ° Interuniversity Days of Plastic Surgery- Córdoba- Argentina “Complications in buttock implants” IVJornada University of Complications and unsatisfactory results in Plastic Surgery-Universidad Católica Argentina “Epidemic Nevus Syndrome” V Conference for Resident and Training Physicians in Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery “Dr. José M. Robles ”

Dr Alejandro Snaider Oral Surgeon, Surgeon and Traumatologist Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgeon of the Pirovano Hospital

Professor of Bucomaxillofacial Surgery

Dr Ramón RodriguezAnesthesiologist
Member of the Argentine Society of Anesthesiology
Dra Paula ChiesaAnesthesiologist
Member of the Argentine Society of Anesthesiology

The Clinic

It is of great importance to carry out surgical interventions in an adequate sanatorium, which has all the appropriate qualifications and with the comforts and complexity necessary to provide the patient with a safe and comfortable place.

The costs will vary according to the chosen clinic:

Frequently Asked Questions

BECAUSE ARGENTINA HAS FIRST LEVEL MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND MEDICAL CENTERS EQUIPPED WITH THE MOST MODERN TECHNOLOGY (COMPARABLE TO THE BEST CENTERS OF THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE). ARGENTINA HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY NECESSARY TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ATTENTION OF QUALITY TO PATIENTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AT A COST RELATIVELY LESS THAN IN THE UNITED STATES OR EUROPE.

ARGENTINA IS LOCATED SOUTH OF SOUTH AMERICA. THE SERVICES OF ARG PLASTIC SURGERY HAVE PLACE IN THE CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY, THE CITY OF BUENOS AIRES, A VERY BEAUTIFUL CITY, OF EUROPEAN STYLE THAT OFFERS A GREAT VARIETY OF PROPOSALS FOR THE TOURIST: WALKS, SHOWS AND GASTRONOMY, AMONG OTHERS.

BECAUSE WE OFFER INCOMPARABLE ATTENTION AT THE MEDICAL LEVEL, AND A COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE IN THE EVENT THAT YOU SO WISH (IN ADDITION TO THE MEDICAL PROCEDURES: ACCOMMODATION, TRANSFER SERVICE). IN ADDITION, WE CAN OFFER OTHER COMPLEMENTARY SERVICES IN CASE THE PATIENT WISHES TO COMBINE MEDICINE AND TOURISM.

IN THE EVENT OF SURGICAL PROCEDURES OF PLASTIC SURGERY, OUR MEDICAL PACKAGES INCLUDE THE FEES OF ALL THE TEAM INVOLVED (SURGEON PLASTICO MAIN SURGEON PLASTIC ASSISTANT, ANESTHESIOLOGIST AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENTATOR), HEALTH EXPENSES, QUIROPHANN, ANESTHESIA, MEDICATIONS, AND DISPOSABLE MATERIALS

OUR SERVICES PRESENT STANDARD RATES FOR ARGENTINA (IT IS A PRICE SIMILAR TO THAT PAYED BY AN ARGENTINE OF MEDIUM CLASS FOR MEDICAL SERVICES). THIS FEELING THAT THE PRICES ARE VERY LOW OBEY THE CHANGEABLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ARGENTINE PESO AND OTHER STRONGER COINS LIKE THE DOLLAR AND THE EURO (1 DOLLAR IS EQUIVALENT TO ALMOST 4 ARGENTINE PESOS). (1 EURO ALMOST 6 ARGENTINE PESOS)

OF COURSE, FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES, ARGENTINA IS A CONVENIENT COUNTRY.

ARG PLASTIC SURGERY ONLY WORKS WITH THE BEST MEDICAL PROVIDERS OF THE COUNTRY, WHO GO THROUGH AN EXHAUSTIVE SELECTION PROCESS BASED ON PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE. THE PATIENT CAN CONSULT THE CV OF THE PROFESSIONAL WHO IS GOING TO ATTEND HIM. ALL THE DOCTORS ARE MEMBERS OF THE ARGENTINE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND THE PLASTIC SURGERY SOCIETY OF BUENOS AIRES

IN THE EVENT THAT THE PATIENT DECIDES TO POST THE TRIP FOR PERSONAL REASONS AFTER HAVING MADE THE RESERVATION (30% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE PACKAGE IN CASE OF RESERVING ADDITIONAL SERVICES), CAN REQUEST A REASONATION OF TURN FOR ANOTHER DATE. ARG PLASTIC SURGERY WILL MAINTAIN THE INFORMED PRICE FOR THE TOTAL PACKAGE FOR 3 MONTHS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THE TRAVEL IS POSTPONED, ONCE AFTER THAT DATE THE SERVICE COULD SUFFER A RECOTIZATION. THE AMOUNT PAID BY THE PATIENT IN THE CONCEPT OF RESERVATION IS MAINTAINED AS PAYMENT ON ACCOUNT IN THE NAME OF THE PATIENT

ARG PLASTIC SURGERY RECOMMENDS TO DO ALL THE CONSULTATIONS BEFORE TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE ANY PRE-EXISTING DISEASE (FOR EXAMPLE: DIABETES, CARDIOPATHIES, HIGH PRESSURE, ALTERATIONS IN THE COAGULATION) THAT REQUIRES TO TAKE SPECIAL RAISES TO CARRY FORWARD THE PROCEDURE. YOU WILL BE SENT PREVIOUSLY A FORM WITH WHICH A CLINICAL HISTORY WILL BE CARRIED OUT AND IN CASE OF DETECTING SOME REASON FOR WHICH THE SURGERY CAN NOT BE PERFORMED YOU WILL BE INFORMED BEFORE THE TRIP

IN ARGENTINA, THE LAW INDICATES THAT THE PATIENT MUST SIGN A DOCUMENT INDICATING THAT HE SUBMITS HIMSELF TO A SURGERY BY OWN CONSENT.

IF YOUR INTERVENTION HAD COMPLICATIONS AND YOU SHOULD CHANGE THE COURSE OF TREATMENT, THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL WILL INDICATE YOU THE EXISTING OPTIONS SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE THE BEST DECISION. IN CASE YOU WERE NOT IN CONDITION TO MAKE A DECISION, THE DOCTOR WILL CONSULT WITH THE PERSON THAT YOU HAVE DEFINED AS RESPONSIBLE ABOUT THE PATH TO FOLLOW.

AT ALL TIMES YOU WILL BE AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND, IF NECESSARY, ARG PLASTIC SURGERY WILL OFFER YOU THE POSSIBILITY OF CONSULTING A SECOND OPINION FROM ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL.

THE DOCTOR INFORMS THE MINIMUM TIME THAT THE PATIENT MUST REMAIN IN ARGENTINA TO ACHIEVE A PROMPT RECOVERY. ARG PLASTIC SURGERY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DECISIONS TAKEN BY PATIENTS UNILATERALLY.

Pricing policy (for foreign patients)

Some of our patients have been struck by the fact that the prices are very low, wondering if there would be any kind of cheating or “fine print”.

No way is that treated. The exchange rate and economic conditions is what makes the difference when comparing prices of products available in your country versus those of the country you are going to visit. For example, one adult ticket for the cinema costs US $ 12 in the United States while in Argentina one ticket costs US $ 5. The film is the same, but the price is related to the economic conditions of the country.

Naturally, a person whose salary is paid in dollars or euros will see that other countries are very convenient destinations, economically speaking; especially when it comes to medical treatments.

We believe that ARG Plastic Surgery is a great option for people looking for high quality plastic surgery medical treatments in a safe and controlled healthcare environment and at the same time want to take care of their savings. We also believe that our service provides an excellent alternative for people who are dealing with very fair times and who need the procedures to be carried out in the shortest possible time, of course, with the quality and care that each case requires.

Code of Ethics of ARG Plastic Surgery

Section 1: The provisions set forth in this Code of Ethics are mandatory for every member of our team of professional physicians, management and, when applicable, the entire staff of ARG Plastic Surgery.

Section 2: Our professional physicians should care for our patients’ health without any discrimination, respecting life and human rights. It is their essential duty to promote the health, moral and physical integrity of our patients. Our physicians, as members of our health team should carry out the necessary actions to make our patients feel in a healthy environment; in order to do so they shall base their actions on their recognized professional training and ethical principles and rules set forth in this Code.

Section 3: Our team of physicians is entitled to and must follow the principles of this “decalogue of fundamental values”: 1. To respect the life, dignity and freedom of each of our patients and never seek for an objective different from benefiting his physical, mental and social health. 2. To provide our patients with any and all available knowledge in order to procure better results. 3. To fail to promote any kind of discrimination (based on nationality, age, socioeconomic level, race, gender, religion, ideology, etc.), 4. To respect the right of the patients to keep secret any information regarding them and be a true guardian, along with the rest of the health team, of any and all secrets told, and any secret that cannot be revealed unless the patients’s express authorization. 5. To be informed in order to provide the highest level of competence in their specific field. 6. To be truthful in their professional work at all times. 7. To appreciate the team effort made with both colleagues and other professionals, in their work at the service of our patients’ health.

  On Our Team Of Professional Physicians:

Section 4: Our physicians shall be responsible for the advices they may give and the acts they may perform.

Section 5: The members of Our Team must be fully aware that they should, at all times, take decisions based on two components: the scientific and ethical one, which are basic elements of their nature as human beings.

Section 6: The members of our Health Team must limit their tasks and responsibilities to their corresponding degrees and authorizing certificates. The Service provided to our patients must be assessed by a general plan based on the main scientific principles.

Section 7: Our Team of Physicians shall not delegate to non-authorized staff the faculty, functions or responsibilities proper of their profession or activity.

Section 8: Our team of professional physicians shall be aware of all scientific and technological advances on cosmetic surgery and aesthetic medicine in order to provide our patients with state-of-the-art procedures.

Section 9: The patients’s religious beliefs, not opposing medical practice, shall be respected unless the religious conception entailed an attack against the patient’s health that doctors are bound to protect. In that event, the physician shall inform the patient and refuse to continue treating him/her, should the patient stand by his/her position.

Section 10: The members of Our Health Team shall only use or prescribe guaranteed and proven quality products of any nature.

Section 11: Being the prescription of medicine a part of the consultation, the members of Our Health Team shall uphold the freedom of prescription given that as a “medical act” they have ethical and legal responsibility for the results of such activity.

Section 12: The members of Our Health Team shall be involved in our Quality Politics, defending the general aims and being part of the planning processes and strategies to achieve it, the organization and implementation of programs, and controlling the results in order to have a constant improvement.

  On The Rights Of Our Patients

Section 13: Our patients have the right to be respected and be given the best possible service by the members of Our Health Team in order to have the best possible psychophysical and socio-cultural well-being.

Section 14: The patient has the right to be provided with sufficient information in order to grant his/her consent to having understood the diagnosis, prognosis, therapy and primary and secondary preventive cares, corresponding to his/her state of health. The patient, relative or representative shall sign a free and “Informed Consent” whenever necessary, at the physician’s discretion.

Section 15: The patient has the right to his/her state of health be kept secret from third parties. Secrets shall not be revealed either verbally or through the spreading of the patient’s medical record.

Section 16: All our patients have the right to not to be stigmatized or despised because of their physical or psychical conditions.

Section 17: The doctor shall respect the freedom of the patient of choosing whether to be treated by the physician.

  On The Patient-Physician Relationship:

Section 18: The members of Our Health Team shall establish a relationship with their patients involving loyalty, dignity, respect, understanding and tolerance, carrying out the clinical examination and diagnosis and therapy indications with the strictest moral consideration of human dignity, without any kind of discrimination whatsoever.

Section 19: The members of Our Health Team shall dedicate to the patients the necessary time to evaluate their requirements, examine them, indicate the diagnosis stages and explain them whatever necessary.

Section 20:  Out of the rules that govern the Patient-Physician relationship, the following should be given priority: paying respect to professional secret, confidentiality and free and informed consent granted personally or by someone responsible, when necessary.

  On The Professional Secret:

Section 21: In the Health field, by professional secret shall be understood everything that is not ethical or unlawful to reveal, without a just cause.

Section 22: The professional secret is an ethical obligation that derives from the mere essence of the medical profession and it is related to paying respect to the freedom of the patient. The public interest, the safety and security of the patients, the honor of the families, the respect of the professional and the dignity of the Medicine demand secrecy.

Section 23: The importance of the above mentioned is such that constitutes an obligation, breach of which, without just cause, is defined as a crime according to the Penal Code of the Argentine Republic. It is not necessary to publish the secret to be considered as revealed; telling the secret to an isolated person shall be regarded as a crime.

Section 24: Our Health Team has the right and duty to keep secret everything that the patient may have said, seen, inferred and any and all documents drawn up in the practice of the profession. Personnel must be discreet, nothing can be directly or indirectly revealed.

  On Our Duties As A Health Organization:

Section 25: Our main aim as a health organization is to succeed in making our staff of professional physicians and non-physicians work together in harmony to provide our patients with top-quality service, seeking the well-being of the patient.

Section 26: Any and all ARG Plastic Surgery’s staff and, especially, the members of the Health Team have committed to provide Quality Management in our services, based on the fundamental principle stated by the WHO on the right of every human being to obtain “the highest possible level of health”, principle that must be part of the law of every country as a legal and ethical responsibility of the State and health organizations.

Section 27: We undertake to continue improving our Quality Guarantee System, by means of a set of planned and systematized actions required for patients to trust that our services shall be up to quality standards. These set of activities are aimed at ensuring that the quality obtained meets the patient’s needs.

Section 28: As a health organization we undertake providing highly effective and efficient services, and applying updated knowledge with proper technology.

Section 29: We undertake providing our staff of physicians and non-doctors with the best possible working conditions in order to render our services properly.

Section 30: We institute this Code of Ethics as a guiding principle of our actions as a health organization. We shall abide by it as well as any and all of our professional physicians, non-doctors and remaining personnel of ARG Plastic Surgery