Abdominoplasty

Guerrerosantos, Jose; Fisher, Jack C.

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Abdominoplasty

Jose Guerrerosantos &
Jack C. Fisher

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Abstract

Early descriptions of abdominal wall tightening were offered by general surgeons, willing to trim extra fat and skin. Kelly, Johns Hopkins’ eminent gynecologic surgeon, in 1889 resected a large horizontal ellipse of redundant tissue. Rochay removed a trough of tissue from above the umbilicus, and then closed the defect as an inverted “T.” Babcock later recommended a vertically oriented resection of skin and fat. Gonzalez-Ulloa expanded the resection principle to the gluteal region. Finally in 1965, Callia demonstrated the advantage of ample abdominal skin undermining and rectus abdominus plication. His procedure is the one we still use today with a few added variations.

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Division of Plastic Surgery, University of California, San Diego, Medical Center, 92103, San Diego, California, USA
Jack C. Fisher M.D. (Professor and Head) (Professor and Head)
The Jalisco Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Institute, University of Guadalajara Medical College, Guadalajara, Mexico
Jose Guerrerosantos M.D. (Director and Plastic Surgeon in Charge, Professor and Chairman of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery) (Director and Plastic Surgeon in Charge, Professor and Chairman of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)
Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, 4103 Third Avenue, 92103, San Diego, California, USA
Matthew Gleason M.D. (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery) (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery)

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Guerrerosantos, J., Fisher, J.C. (1985). Abdominoplasty. In: Fisher, J.C., Guerrerosantos, J., Gleason, M. (eds) Manual of Aesthetic Surgery. Comprehensive Manuals of Surgical Specialties. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5052-4_6

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