title: Post-bariatric body contouring: oue experience.
abstract: Obesity is a growing socio-economic problem especially in the western population. Patients who are undergoing bariatric surgery after a significant weight loss have an altered body profile which may have an important psychological impact. These patients may be candidates for surgical body-lifting. The aim of body-lifting is to obtain a firmer, tighter, rejuvenated appearance for patients who have lax, ptotic tissues. In this paper we describe our experience with two techniques currently practiced by our team, brachioplasty and thigh lift, reporting the indications, the surgical technique and possible complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Sciences, Plastic Surgery Division, University of Parma, Parma, Italy Cutaneous, Regenerative, Mininvasive and Plastic Surgery Unit, Parma University Hospital, Italy. dr.mgrieco@yahoo.it.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grieco
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grignaffini
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Simonacci
authors.forename: Donatello
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Di Mascio
authors.forename: Edoardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Raposio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D000073880:Body Contouring / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Body-lifting; Obesity; Post-bariatric Surgery