Does abdominoplasty with liposuction of the love handles yield a shorter scar? an analysis with abdominal 3d laser scanning

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 359-363

  Rieger, Ulrich M ^a,b   Erba, Paolo ^a   Wettstein, Reto ^a   Schumacher, Ralf ^c   Schwenzer Zimmerer, Katja ^a   Haug, Martin ^a   Pierer, Gerhard ^a,b   Kalbermatten, Daniel F ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D laser surface scanning; Abdominoplasty; Length of scar; Liposuction; Love handles

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURFACE SCANNING; LIPOMATOSIS; LIPOSUCTION; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER; LIPECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; LIPECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55249127137     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31816d824a     Document Type: Article

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