Lipoabdominoplasty technique

Lipoabdominoplasty: the Saldanha technique.

Traditional abdominal plastic surgery results in a high rate of morbidity because of the necessity for a large undermining of the flap. In 2001, Saldanha, using the term "lipoabdominoplasty" for the first time, standardized a selective undermining, corresponding to 30% of the traditional undermining, between the medial borders of the rectus abdominal muscles. This procedure combines 2 tradition...

Lipoabdominoplasty: A versatile and safe technique for abdominal contouring

Lipoabdominoplasty with Progressive Traction Sutures

BACKGROUND Proactively preserving Scarpa's fascia and thus its intrinsic lymphatic drainage and tensile strength for suture placement can eliminate the need for drains after lipoabdominoplasty and therefore reduce the rate of seroma development. In this article, we describe the effectiveness of a modified progressive traction suture (PTS) technique, which enables us to lessen the most common co...

Deep-Plane Lipoabdominoplasty in East Asians

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to develop a new surgical technique by combining traditional abdominoplasty with liposuction. This combination of operations permits simpler and more accurate management of various abdominal deformities. In lipoabdominoplasty, the combination of techniques is of paramount concern. Herein, we introduce a new combination of liposuction and abdominoplasty...

Outcome analysis of combined lipoabdominoplasty versus conventional abdominoplasty.

BACKGROUND Abdominoplasty and liposuction have traditionally been separate procedures. The authors performed a retrospective cohort study to evaluate the outcomes of a novel single-stage approach combining extensive lipoplasty with a modified transverse abdominoplasty. METHODS One hundred fourteen patients were evaluated for abdominal contouring. Patients were categorized into four groups: gr...