Postoperative Hypertension As An Etiological Factor In Hematoma After Rhytidectomy - Prevention With Chlorpromazine

Our experience strongly implicates postoperative "reactive hypertension" as a major etiological factor in hematoma formation in the face lift patient. This autonomic lability to post-surgical and emotional stress may be prevented and treated by the appropriate and timely administration of chlorpromazine.