Vertical Body Lift: Surgical Technique and Comparison with the Inferior Body Lift Technique.
Journal
Plastic and reconstructive surgery
ISSN: 1529-4242
Titre abrégé: Plast Reconstr Surg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 1306050
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 09 2023
01 09 2023
Historique:
medline:
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9
2023
pubmed:
14
2
2023
entrez:
13
2
2023
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Résumé
Patients with massive weight loss have excessive skin laxity along both vertical and transverse axes. Vertical body lift (VBL) is a body-contouring technique addressing both excesses, promoting not only body lifting but also a tightening effect. The aim of this study was to describe the authors' VBL surgical technique and its potential clinical applications. In addition, they present their experience among postbariatric surgery patients to compare surgical aspects and outcomes of VBL and the classic inferior body lift (IBL) technique. The authors reviewed data on 140 consecutive postbariatric surgery patients who underwent a body lift procedure between January of 2018 and March of 2020. The patients were divided into two groups: the VBL group and the IBL group. Patient demographics, operative details, and postoperative outcomes were compared between groups. Of the 140 patients included in the study, 92 underwent IBL and 48 underwent VBL. There were no statistically significant differences between groups for surgical duration (IBL, 192 minutes; VBL, 193 minutes), hemoglobin decrease (IBL, 2.32 g/dL; VBL, 2.11 g/dL), hospital length of stay (IBL, 5.4 days; VBL, 5.7 days), or complication rate (IBL, 32%; VBL, 31%). The authors' study shows comparable operative details and postsurgical outcomes between the VBL and classic IBL techniques. In their experience, VBL is a reliable and reproducible technique that can improve aesthetic and functional outcomes in a subpopulation of approximately one-third of patients with massive weight loss. Therapeutic, III.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Patients with massive weight loss have excessive skin laxity along both vertical and transverse axes. Vertical body lift (VBL) is a body-contouring technique addressing both excesses, promoting not only body lifting but also a tightening effect. The aim of this study was to describe the authors' VBL surgical technique and its potential clinical applications. In addition, they present their experience among postbariatric surgery patients to compare surgical aspects and outcomes of VBL and the classic inferior body lift (IBL) technique.
METHODS
The authors reviewed data on 140 consecutive postbariatric surgery patients who underwent a body lift procedure between January of 2018 and March of 2020. The patients were divided into two groups: the VBL group and the IBL group. Patient demographics, operative details, and postoperative outcomes were compared between groups.
RESULTS
Of the 140 patients included in the study, 92 underwent IBL and 48 underwent VBL. There were no statistically significant differences between groups for surgical duration (IBL, 192 minutes; VBL, 193 minutes), hemoglobin decrease (IBL, 2.32 g/dL; VBL, 2.11 g/dL), hospital length of stay (IBL, 5.4 days; VBL, 5.7 days), or complication rate (IBL, 32%; VBL, 31%).
CONCLUSIONS
The authors' study shows comparable operative details and postsurgical outcomes between the VBL and classic IBL techniques. In their experience, VBL is a reliable and reproducible technique that can improve aesthetic and functional outcomes in a subpopulation of approximately one-third of patients with massive weight loss.
CLINICAL QUESTION/LEVEL OF EVIDENCE
Therapeutic, III.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36780353
doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000010291
pii: 00006534-990000000-01554
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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Copyright © 2023 by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
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