Seroma formation is one of the major postoperative complications of abdominoplasty. Progressive tension sutures have been proposed as an adjunct procedure to combat this problem. Apart from being a simple…
The musculoaponeurotic layer of the abdominal wall should be corrected during abdominoplasty according to the specific deformity that the patient presents with. In this article, the anatomic basis of deformities…
Techniques for abdominal contouring have proliferated and evolved over the past 2 decades. Now more than ever, aesthetic operations are tailored to fit the anatomic features and aesthetic goals of each…
In their article in “No-Drain Abdominoplasty with Progressive Tension Sutures” for this issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery , Drs Todd Alan Pollock and Harlan Pollock write about a technique…
The SAFE Lipo technique allows for safe, consistent liposuction that does not damage flap blood supply and is easily taught to, and reproducible by, other surgeons. The fat separation used…
The technique described by Dr Simeon Wall, Jr, in “ SAFE Circumferential Liposuction with Abdominoplasty” in this issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery , has some interesting details that are…
Over the last decade in the minds of many plastic surgeons, the term “lipoabdominoplasty” has increasingly become synonymous with Dr Osvaldo Saldanha’s technique. I have had the pleasure of writing…
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…
Traditionally, the primary goal of any abdominoplasty has always been to excise the central lower abdominal excess skin or pannus and plicate the abdominal fascia through a suprapubic incision. Unfortunately,…
As the readers will see throughout this issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery on abdominoplasty, some of the basic tenets of Dr Rosenfield’s technique (as with all the other techniques…
