title: What is new in abdominoplasty?
abstract: The purpose of this article is to first review the traditional abdominoplasty procedure. Current studies focused upon improvements in abdominoplasty surgery and results of surgery will then be discussed.Abdominoplasty is a familiar procedure in plastic surgery and has increased in numbers performed by more than 300% in the past decade ((Brauman & Capocci, 2009).
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Institute, Mt. Pleasant, IA, USA. cheddens@southslope.net
authors.forename: Claudette J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Heddens
authors.forename: Al S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Aly
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing