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Body Contouring Surgery after Bariatric Surgery

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Obesity, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

Abstract

Bariatric surgery leads to massive weight loss (MWL) in patients resulting in heavy folds of redundant skin and contour irregularities. The resultant functional problems have raised concerns about the quality of life of these patients. As a direct consequence, this has led to an increasing uptake of body contouring surgery, to manage the complex problems associated with redundant skin. Body contouring surgery in this context, is thus reconstructive surgery performed after massive weight loss. This is the final part of the MWL patient journey.

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, St. George’s Hospital, London, UK

    Mark Soldin MBChB, FCS(SA) Plast Surg, FRCS & Maleeha Mughal MBBS, MSc, MRCS

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, St. George’s NHS Healthcare Trust, London, UK

    Charles Jack Bain BSc (Hons), MRCS, MBChB

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Soldin, M., Bain, C.J., Mughal, M. (2016). Body Contouring Surgery after Bariatric Surgery. In: Agrawal, S. (eds) Obesity, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04343-2_78

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