Throughout time, body contouring has been part of the feminine standard par excellence, with the breast and buttocks being the most relevant and important areas. Today, there is a constant evolution in surgical procedures that seek to improve the areas of sparse volume and harmonize areas that exhibit excess tissue. A considerable number of alternatives for improving gluteal contour have been p...

In humans, adipose tissue is distributed in subcutaneous abdominal and subcutaneous gluteal depots that comprise a variety of functional differences. Whereas energy storage in gluteal adipose tissue has been shown to mediate a protective effect, an increase of abdominal adipose tissue is associated with metabolic disorders. However, the molecular basis of depot-specific characteristics is not c...

Massive weight loss (MWL) patients have unique and severe gluteal deformities that demand alternative body contouring solutions because they are rarely candidates for gluteal implants. Techniques for autologous gluteal augmentation (AGA) with circumferential body lift (CBL) are offered as a solution to this problem. Experience with these techniques will allow surgeons to extend AGA to other aes...

Gluteal abscess is a well-documented presentation of a caries spine and other local bony foci of tuberculosis. Still, during a PUBMED data search, only one report of vertebral tuberculosis presenting only as a gluteal abscess in adults was found in English medical literature. The current article describes a case of tuberculosis of the lumbar spine with gluteal abscess as the only clinical featu...

Aim. This subject is a confusing matter for intramuscular injection administrators in clinical practice. The correct assessment of this situation is important for probable complications. There isn’t any research in the literature that assesses the distances of the injection area to some landmarks. This study was carried out to determine these regions more accurately.Introduction.Intramuscular i...

Association of dysregulated calcium homeostasis and granulomatous disease is well established. There exist reports in the literature of granulomatous reactions produced by silicones associated with hypercalcemia. In this case series we report four young women that underwent methacrylate injections in gluteus, thighs and calves that developed granulomas with posterior appearance of hypercalcemia...

We read with interest the article by Toopchizadeh et al.(1) reporting outcomes in pediatric patients with Sciatic Nerve Injection injury (SNII) following gluteal injection. Despite the commendable efforts of the authors in long-term monitoring of outcomes in these select cohort of patients with SNII using appropriate electro-diagnostic studies, supplemented use of advanced imaging techniques su...