Aesthetic surgery after massive weight loss /

This illustrated atlas comprehensively examines techniques for managing aesthetic issues of the face and neck, breast, abdomen, arms, and legs commonly facing patients after bariatric surgery. Over 85 color illustrations and 500 full-color photographs display operative techniques, pre-operative appe...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Rubin, J. Peter, Matarasso, Alan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Philadelphia, PA : Saunders Elsevier, ©2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • Weight loss surgery: state of the art
  • Evaluation of the massive weight loss patient who presents for body-contouring surgery
  • Approach to the face and neck after weight loss
  • Approach to the breast after weight loss
  • Approach to the abdomen after weight loss
  • Approach to the lower body after weight loss
  • Approach to upper body rolls
  • Approach to the medial thigh after weight loss
  • Approach to the arm after weight loss
  • Approach to total body lift surgery
  • Combined procedures and staging
  • Role of large-volume liposuction and other adjunctive procedures.