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Clinical efficacy and safety of polynucleotides highly purified technology (PN-HPT®) and cross-linked hyaluronic acid for moderate to severe nasolabial folds: A prospective, randomized, exploratory study.
[INTRODUCTION] The mandibular profile undergoes progressive wasting with aging, and the deepening of nasolabial folds (NLFs) has a leading role. Hyaluronic acid (HA) efficiently controls tissue hydration and permeability to small and large …
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Prospective randomized clinical study of a new topical formulation for face wrinkle reduction and dermal regeneration.
[BACKGROUND] A new topical formulation (TF) based on 3 main lifting components has been developed to reduce superficial facial wrinkles. [OBJECTIVES] Determine the effectiveness of this new TF in reducing superficial face wrinkles and rest…
- The transversus abdominis plane block after postbariatric abdominoplasty: reasons for pitfalls.
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Surgical site infections after post-bariatric abdominoplasty and flank liposuction: a case-control study focusing on the quantity of tissue removed.
We evaluated whether the quantity of fat removed during abdominoplasty and liposuction correlated with the occurrence of surgical site infection (SSI). We selected patients of similar age, sex, smoking status, obesity, and post-bariatric we…
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A comparative study of the transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block efficacy on post-bariatric vs aesthetic abdominoplasty with flank liposuction.
The transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block acts on the nerves localised in the anterior abdominal wall muscles. We evaluated the efficacy on post-bariatric (PB) patients undergoing body-contouring abdominoplasty. We retrospectively evaluat…
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Sensitivity of the nipple-areola complex and areolar pain following aesthetic breast augmentation in a retrospective series of 1200 patients: periareolar versus submammary incision.
[BACKGROUND] Different studies have investigated the anatomical and operative factors associated with alterations of nipple-areola complex sensitivity after aesthetic breast augmentation. The authors conducted a retrospective evaluation of …
- The transversus abdominis plane block for body contouring abdominoplasty with flank liposuction.
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Transversus abdominis plane block reduces the analgesic requirements after abdominoplasty with flank liposuction.
[INTRODUCTION] The transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is a technique of locoregional anesthesia that blocks the sensorial afferent nerves localized between the transversus abdominis muscle and the internal oblique muscle. We describe r…
- More superficial abdominoplasty in post-bariatric surgery patients.
- Postoperative seromas after abdominoplasty: a retrospective analysis of 494 patients and possible risk factors.
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa necrotizing infection of the abdominal flap in a post-bariatric patient undergoing body contouring surgery.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections may involve any organ or body district and may give serious clinical sequelae. We report the case of an infection of the abdominoplasty flap that compromised wound closure and jeopardized the aesthetic outc…
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Postbariatric patients undergoing body-contouring abdominoplasty: two techniques to raise the flap and their influence on postoperative complications.
Postbariatric patients undergoing abdominoplasties were retrospectively analyzed to correlate postoperative local complications with the 2 most commonly used techniques of raising the abdominal flap: diathermocoagulation versus scalpel. All…
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The evaluation of breast tissues removed during reductive mammaplasty with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry.
[PURPOSE] We conducted a case-control study in which patients were evaluated with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) before and after breast reduction surgery, and results were correlated with the histological examination. Our goal was…
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Wound infections in aesthetic abdominoplasties: the role of smoking.
[BACKGROUND] In this prospective study, the authors followed patients who underwent aesthetic abdominoplasty to determine the influence of smoking on the occurrence of postoperative wound infections. [METHODS] Patients who underwent aesthe…
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Pulmonary embolism after combined abdominoplasty and flank liposuction: a correlation with the amount of fat removed.
[BACKGROUND] We prospectively followed patients who underwent esthetic abdominoplasty and flank liposuction to determine the influence of the amount of fat removed on the occurrence of pulmonary embolism. [MATERIALS AND METHODS] We recruit…
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Methicillin-resistant superinfection of the wound after body-contouring abdominal surgery.
[BACKGROUND] This report presents the case of a patient who underwent abdominal body-contouring surgery, then later experienced a severe deep infection and a methicillin-resistant (MRSA) superinfection. [CASE REPORT] A 56-year-old female e…
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Wound infections in body contouring mastopexy with breast reduction after laparoscopic adjustable gastric bandings: the role of smoking.
[BACKGROUND] We retrospectively reviewed charts of 42 postbariatric patients who underwent mastopexy and breast reduction for body contouring to determine whether a significant relationship existed between cigarette smoking and postoperativ…
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Devastating methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus wound infection following abdominoplasty in a prior bariatric surgery patient.
A 46-year-old female smoker presented 12 months after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, with massive weight loss and skin excess of the abdomen and flanks. She underwent abdominoplasty with muscle plication and flanks liposuction, bu…
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Wound infections in post-bariatric patients undergoing body contouring abdominoplasty: the role of smoking.
[BACKGROUND] In this prospective study, we followed patients after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for morbid obesity who underwent abdominoplasty for body contouring. Our purposes were: 1) to determine if a significant relationship…
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Infections of breast implants in aesthetic breast augmentations: a single-center review of 3,002 patients.
[BACKGROUND] A large retrospective analysis examined primary aesthetic breast augmentations to find specific factors that could favor or counteract the occurrence of infections. [METHODS] Data were collected from the personal databases of …
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A retrospective analysis of 3,000 primary aesthetic breast augmentations: postoperative complications and associated factors.
[BACKGROUND] A large retrospective analysis was performed on a homogeneous group of patients undergoing primary aesthetic breast augmentations to define complication rates and find associated factors. [METHODS] Data were collected from the…
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Breast asymmetries: a brief review and our experience.
The authors describe their personal experience with the management of mammary asymmetries. A review of their database from January 1998 to January 2005 identified 177 patients with idiopathic breast asymmetries. All these cases had been cla…
- Capsular contracture: results of 3002 patients with aesthetic breast augmentation.
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[New view in the mammary asymmetry treatments].
[AIM] Breast asymmetry is a huge chapter of breast abnormalities. Surgical therapy is the exclusive one. The breast of women can vary in shape, volume and position, thus creating esthetic, social and psychological problems. [METHODS] We cl…