Body Contouring after Massive Weight Loss, an Issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery

by Aly, Al

• ISBN13: 9781416050537
• ISBN10: 1416050531
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-12-27
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div

Summary

Body contouring after massive weight loss has become a subspecialty of plastic surgery. This issue provides information on a few surgical techniques for each body area that might be of concern to a patient who has undergone massive weight loss. Also included are articles on psychiatric problems of obese and massive weight loss patients and safety concerns.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Psychiatric Considerations of the Massive Weight Loss Patient	p. 1
Bariatric Surgery and Work-Up of the Massive Weight Loss Patient	p. 11
Body Lift	p. 27
Circumferential Lower Truncal Dermatolipectomy	p. 53
Gluteal Contouring Surgery in the Massive Weight Loss Patient	p. 73
Editorial Commentary	p. 93
Lipoabdominoplasty	p. 95
Editorial Commentary	p. 105
Upper Body Lift	p. 107
Lateral Thoracic Excisions in the Post Massive Weight Loss Patient	p. 115
Editorial Commentary	p. 121
Mastopexy After Massive Weight Loss: Dermal Suspension and Selective Auto-Augmentation	p. 123
L Brachioplasty Correction of Excess Tissue of the Upper Arm, Axilla, and Lateral Chest	p. 131
Brachioplasty in the Massive Weight Loss Patient	p. 141
Editorial Commentary	p. 149
Current Concepts in Medial Thighplasty	p. 151
Thigh Reduction in the Massive Weight Loss Patient	p. 165
Safety First: Precautions for the Massive Weight Loss Patient	p. 173
Index	p. 185
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