Limb contouring after massive weight loss: Functional rather than aesthetic improvement

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-411

  Bruschi, S ^a   Datta, G ^a   Bocchiotti, M A ^a   Boriani, F ^a   Obbialero, F D ^a   Fraccalvieri, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arm contouring; Body contouring; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; LIMB DEFECT; LIPOSUCTION; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THIGH; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 63949088174     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-008-9631-7     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. G Datta L Cravero A Margara 2006 The plastic surgeon in the treatment of obesity Obes Surg. 16 5 11
2. F Migliori C Rosati G D'Alessandro 2006 Body contouring after biliopancreatic diversion Obes Surg. 16 1638 1644
3. AM Wolf HW Kuhlmann 2007 Reconstructive procedures after massive weight loss Obes Surg. 17 355 360
4. M Fraccalvieri G Datta P Bogetti 2007 Abdominoplasty after weight loss in morbidly obese patients: a 4 year clinical experience Obes Surg. 17 1319 1324
5. G Datta F Boriani FD Obbialero 2006 Body contouring after weight loss in morbid obesity: gain in health and leap in psychosocial functioning (correspondence) Obes Surg. 16 673
6. A Song J Raymond D Hurwitz 2005 A classification of contour deformities after bariatric weight loss: the Pittsburg rating scale Plast Reconstr Surg. 116 1535 1544
7. B Teimourian S Malekzadeh 1998 Rejuvenation of the upper arm Plast Reconstr Surg. 102 545 551
8. H El Khatib 2007 Classification of brachial ptosis: strategy for treatment Plast Reconstr Surg. 119 1337 1342
9. Kaluf R et al Classificacao de Kaluf/Lisboa em braquioplastia pos-obesidade morbida. 42°Brasilian Conference of Plastic Surgery. Belo Horizonte Brazil
10. M Correa-Iturraspe JC Fernandez 1954 Dermolipectomia braquial Prensa Med Argentina 41 2432
11. B Strauch D Greenspun J Levine T Baum 2004 A technique of brachioplasty Plast Reconstr Surg. 113 1044 1048
12. DL Abramson 2004 Minibrachioplasty: minimizing scars while maximizing results Plast Reconstr Surg. 2114 1631 1634
13. DJ Hurwitz SW Holland 2006 The L brachioplasty: an innovative approach to correct excess tissue of the upper arm, axilla and lateral chest Plast Reconstr Surg. 117 403 411
14. I Pitanguy 1980 Aesthetic plastic surgery of the upper and lower limbs Aesthetic Plast Surg. 4 363 372
15. P Regnault R Baroudi CG da Silveira Carvalho 1979 Correction of lower limb lipodystrophy Aesthetic Plast Surg. 3 233 249
16. TE Lockwood 1988 Fascial anchoring technique in medial thigh lifts Plast Reconstr Surg. 82 299 304
17. C Le Louarn JF Pascal 2004 The concentric medial thigh lift Aesthetic Plast Surg. 28 20 23
18. J Knoetgen SL Moran 2006 Long-term outcomes and complications associated with brachioplasty: a retrospective review and cadaveric study Plast Reconstr Surg. 117 2219 2223