Abdominoplasty in paraplegic patients.
Obese paraplegics can suffer discomfort when they lie in a prone position and site in wheelchairs. Two paraplegic cases who underwent abdominoplasty to eliminate such complaints are presented, with satisfactory results.
Yamamoto
Y
Y
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hokkaido University, Japan.
Nohira
K
K
Shintomi
Y
Y
Ohura
T
T
Sugihara
T
T
Igawa
H
H
D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D000071938:Fasciotomy; D006801:Humans; D015187:Lipectomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000150:complications*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic