Progressive Tension Sutures in Abdominoplasty: A Review of 597 Consecutive Cases

Continuous running sutures: a modification for progressive tension abdominoplasty.

Commentary on: Lipoabdominoplasty Without Drains or Progressive Tension Sutures: An Analysis of 100 Consecutive Patients.

BACKGROUND Subcutaneous surgical drains are commonly used in abdominoplasties to prevent seromas but are not tolerated well by patients and add additional discomfort after the procedure. The lipoabdominoplasty modification may create a more favorable surgical field to reduce the need for surgical drains without increasing seroma formation. OBJECTIVES The goal of this review was to determine i...

Reducing seroma in outpatient abdominoplasty: analysis of 516 consecutive cases.

BACKGROUND Over the past 30 years, the preferred techniques and settings for abdominoplasty have evolved considerably, but controversy remains regarding the surgical and postoperative approaches that best limit serious complications such as seroma. OBJECTIVE The authors evaluate their 28-year experience with abdominoplasty and suggest a technique (progressive tension sutures without placement...

Is it safe to combine abdominoplasty with elective breast surgery? A review of 151 consecutive cases.

BACKGROUND This study was designed to evaluate and compare the complication rates of patients having abdominoplasty without breast surgery with the rates of those having abdominoplasty with various types of elective breast surgery, including breast augmentation, breast reduction, mastopexy, and mastopexy combined with simultaneous augmentation. METHODS The data collected represent a retrospec...

Use of absorbable running barbed suture and progressive tension technique in abdominoplasty: a novel approach.

Certain general principles regarding abdominoplasty have remained constant throughout the last century, although incision patterns, fascial repair, and fatty contour techniques have varied. What has remained constant has been the use of a layered closure technique for final wound approximation, including in most cases the closure of Scarpa’s fascia, popularized by the work of Lockwood.1 Controv...