Main description:

Cosmetic Surgery after Massive Weight Loss provides a comprehensive, practical and timely review of the latest techniques used to help postbariatric patients deal with redundant tissue after weight loss surgery.

Bariatric surgery can bring long-term benefits in health and overall quality of life. But it is not without complications, including loss of skin tone, sagging fat and skin, and associated functional problems. This highly illustrated text offers authoritative guidance on the surgical management of these issues.

The book opens with a description of surgical options for weight loss before summarizing the psychological evaluation and medical management of the postbariatric patient. Later chapters cover cosmetic surgical options by anatomic area before outlining new approaches to tissue transfer for cancer reconstruction, techniques to avoid unfavorable results, and medicolegal issues.

Provides a definitive 'go to' reference for trainees and practicing plastic surgeons
Covers all aspects of the management of postbariatric patients, from the options for weight loss surgery to the psychological needs of the patient
Gives practical advice on the approach to the patient, the formulation of individual treatment plans, and the avoidance of clinical complications

Contents:

1 Surgical Options for Weight Loss

2 Psychologic Evaluation of the Post Bariatric Patient

3 Medical Management of the Post Bariatric Patient and Evaluation Prior to Body Contouring Procedures

4 Preoperative Evaluation of the Post Bariatric Patient

5 Anesthetic challenges encountered in the post bariatric patient

6 Anatomical Deformities Secondary to Massive Weight Loss

7 Outpatient Lower Body Lift

8 Sequencing and Timing of Surgery of the Post Bariatric Patient

9 Panniculectomy/Abdominoplasty

10 Belt Lipectomy and Total Body Lift

11 Hernia Repair in the Massive Weight Loss Patient

12 Reconstruction of Abdominal Wall Defects after Bariatric Surgery and Simultaneous Abdominal Lipectomies

13 Brachioplasty

14 Male Breast Surgery After Massive Weight Loss

15 Female Breast Surgery After Massive Weight Loss

16 Gluteal Contouring After Massive Weight Loss

17 Medial and Lateral Thigh Surgery After Massive Weight Loss

18 Facial Contouring After Bariatric Surgery

19 Role of Suction Assisted Lipectomy

20 Unfavorable Results: Identification and Avoidance

21 Tissue Transfer in Surgical Reconstruction After Cancer in the Massive Weight Loss Patient

22 Medico-Legal Issues