In this issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery, guest editors Drs. Dennis J. Hurwitz, Armando A. Davila, and Dani Kruchevsky bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Body Contouring. Top experts cover key topics such as preparing patients for body contouring surgery and surveillance for DVT; UAL liposuction and lipografting; refining lipoabdominoplasty with high-definition liposuction; management of the musculoaperonosis in abdominoplasty; interplay of oblique flankplasty with vertical medial thighplasty; and more.
Key Features
- Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including planning and performing total body contouring after massive weight loss; lipoplasty in the overweight patient; the role of non-invasive and minimally invasive techniques in open surgical interventions for the purpose of body contouring; emerging approaches to breast reshaping in the massive weight loss patient; secondary body contouring surgery; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on body contouring, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Author Information
Edited by Dennis J Hurwitz, Clinical Professor of Surgery (Plastic), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Attending Plastic Surgeon, Magee Women's Hospital; Armando A. Davila, MD, Hurwitz Center for Plastic Surgery and Dani Kruchevsky, MD, Aesthetic and Body Contouring Fellow, Hurwitz Center for Plastic Surgery
Preparing Patients for Body Contouring Surgery and Postoperative Surveillance for Deep Venous Thrombosis
Patient Evaluation and Surgical Staging
Ultrasound-Assisted Lipoplasty
Lipoplasty in the Overweight Patient
Lipoabdominoplasty with Anatomical Definition: Update
Management of the Musculoaponeurotic Layer in Abdominoplasty
Maximizing the TULUA Abdominoplasty with Oblique Flankplasty
Finesse in Fleur-de-lis Abdominoplasty
Circumferential Surgical Contouring of the Upper and Lower Body
Indications of Oblique Flankplasty
Spiral Flap Breast Reshaping with Transverse Upper Body Lift or J Torsoplasty
Interplay of Oblique Flankplasty with Vertical Medial Thighplasty
The Role of Noninvasive and Minimally Invasive Techniques in Open Surgical Interventions for the Purpose of Body Contouring
Emerging Approaches to Augmentation Mastopexy in the Nontraditional Weight-Loss Patient
Secondary Body Contouring