Overview

• Natália Cavanellas, 40, suffered cardiac arrest during a three-in-one procedure at San Gennaro Hospital on July 7 and died after brief resuscitation.
• Operating staff suspect a fat embolism from the buttock fat injection triggered her cardiac arrest.
• São Paulo Civil Police have registered the death as suspicious and are interviewing medical personnel.
• Surgeon Edgar Lopez performed the liposuction, fat injection and breast-implant revision and was sanctioned by Brazilian medical boards in 2021.
• The case highlights rare but severe risks of combining multiple cosmetic procedures in a single surgery.