A case study is presented of a 40-year-old female who underwent an elective abdominoplasty with the administration of general endotracheal anesthesia. The intraoperative course was complicated by an unsuspected, undiagnosed bleed from a branching artery at the bifurcation of the abdominal aorta, first retroperitoneally, then into the peritoneal cavity. The peritoneal hemorrhage was unrelated to...

1 Mestak O, Kullac R, Mestak J, Nosek A, Krajcova A, Sukop A. Evaluation of the long-term stability of sheath plication using absorbable sutures in 51 patients with diastasis of the recti muscles: an ultrasonographic study. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Nov;130(5):714e-719e. 2 Tadiparthi S1, Shokrollahi K, Doyle GS, Fahmy FS. Rectus sheath plication in abdominoplasty: assessment of its longevity an...

METHODS: Using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program dataset, patients who underwent implant and/or flap-based breast reconstruction, breast revisions, augmentation mammoplasty, mastopexy, breast capsulectomy, nipple reconstruction, or abdominoplasty were identified. Multivariable logistic regression models were created to assess the relationship between...

O presente estudo buscou analisar a eficácia do uso laser de baixa potência na cicatrização pós-operatória abdominoplastia. Para isso, este teve como objetivo verificar pós-operatório da cirurgia Dessa forma, metodologia foi revisão sistemática caráter observatório e descritiva. Foram pesquisados artigos nas bases dados PEDro, Medline PubMed, no período 2004 2021. Como resultado, foram analisad...

BACKGROUND Venous thromboembolism, a spectrum of diseases ranging from deep venous thrombosis to pulmonary embolism, is a major source of morbidity and mortality. The majority of cases described in plastic surgery involve abdominoplasty. Risk assessment and prophylaxis are paramount in such patients. General recommendations were recently developed, but the evidence in the literature was insuffi...

Introduction. Dyslipidemia like other chronic degenerative diseases is pandemic in Latin America and around the world. A lot of patients asking for body contouring surgery can be sick without knowing it. Objective. Observe the lipid profile of patients with dyslipidemia, before and three months after an abdominoplasty. Methods. Patients candidate to an abdominoplasty without morbid obesity were...

Background and objectives: Perforator flaps, both pedicled and free flaps, are increasingly used in reconstructive surgery. However, the microvascular perfusion pattern within these flaps still remains essentially unknown. It is well known that in random-pattern flaps, flap length correlates directly with the width of the flap base. In perforator flaps, the importance of preserving a skin base ...

cases occurred in the abdomen, seven of which were originally treated using the large cryolipolysis applicator. Four patients were first-degree relatives with similar clinical presentations. Of the 11 patients with PAH, five patients were subsequently treated with liposuction and one was treated with a combination of liposuction and an abdominoplasty, achieving both good cosmetic results and pa...

I Disciplina de Cirurgia Plástica e Queimaduras, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo/SP, Brazil. II Disciplina de Urologia, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo/SP, Brazil. Email: [email protected] Tel: 55 11 3069.3363 CLASSIC ABDOMINOPLASTY: A NEW APPROACH TO THE CORRECTION OF THE ABDOMINAL W...