title: Medial thighplasty: Current concepts and practices.
abstract: Medial thighplasty, also known as medial thigh lift, is a procedure that has been carried out for five decades. The original "Lewis" technique has undergone many changes, and thereby been rendered widely available to plastic surgeons. Given the increasingly high number of surgical reconstructions after massive weight loss, this technique is now an integral part of a surgeon's therapeutic arsenal as he strives to meet the evolving demands of patients. The objective of this article, which is based on a comprehensive review of the literature, is to summarize current knowledge on medial thighplasty and thereby allow plastic surgeons to adopt the operating technique best suited to the deformations presented by their patients and to the overall context. The different techniques, outcomes and complications are successively discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, hospital Sud, university of Rennes 1, 16, boulevard de Bulgarie, 35200 Rennes, France; Inserm U917, university of Rennes 1, CS 34 317, 35043 Rennes cedex, France; SITI Laboratory, Établissement français du sang Bretagne, Rennes university hospital, 35000 Rennes, France; STROMAlab, UMR5273 CNRS/UPS/EFS, Inserm U1031, Rangueil hospital, BP 84 225, 31432 Toulouse cedex 4, France. Electronic address: nbertheuil@gmail.com.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bertheuil
authors.affiliation: Department of plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, hospital Sud, university of Rennes 1, 16, boulevard de Bulgarie, 35200 Rennes, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carloni
authors.affiliation: Department of maxillofacial, plastic, reconstructive and cosmetic surgery, Nancy university hospital, university of Lorraine, 54000 Nancy, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Runz
authors.affiliation: Department of plastic surgery and burn surgery, hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier university hospital, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Herlin
authors.affiliation: Department of plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, hospital Sud, university of Rennes 1, 16, boulevard de Bulgarie, 35200 Rennes, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Girard
authors.affiliation: Department of plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, hospital Sud, university of Rennes 1, 16, boulevard de Bulgarie, 35200 Rennes, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Watier
authors.affiliation: STROMAlab, UMR5273 CNRS/UPS/EFS, Inserm U1031, Rangueil hospital, BP 84 225, 31432 Toulouse cedex 4, France; Department of plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, Rangueil hospital, Paul-Sabatier university, 31059 Toulouse cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chaput
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013848:Thigh / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015431:Weight Loss
keywords: Body contouring; Chirurgie des séquelles d’amaigrissement; Chirurgie post-bariatrique; Cruroplastie; Lifting de face interne de cuisse; Medial thigh lift; Medial thighplasty; Obesity; Obésité; Post-bariatric surgery