title: Truncal body contouring surgery in the massive weight loss patient.
abstract: Body contouring of massive weight loss patients is the latest frontier in plastic surgery. It is important to become familiar with the presentation of these patients and with the delineation and effective treatment of their deformities. Because they usually present with circumferential excess, circumferential belt lipectomy treats their truncal contour as a unit. This article details the preoperative work-up, intraoperative technique, and postoperative course for the belt-lipectomy patient. Results and how to predict them are discussed. Complications are enumerated and suggestions offered for avoiding them.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. al-aly@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: Al S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Aly
authors.forename: Albert E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Cram
authors.forename: Claudette
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Heddens
mesh_terms: D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D015431:Weight Loss