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Cited by 26Body Contouring and SurgeryBariatric Surgery and OutcomesCongenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery

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Functional panniculectomy vs cosmetic abdominoplasty: multicenter analysis of risk factors and complications.

Kalmar, Christopher L., Park, Benjamin C., Kassis, Salam, Higdon, Kent K., Perdikis, Galen·2022·Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
DOI 10.1016/j.bjps.2022.04.057
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BACKGROUND Amidst the rising trend of bariatric surgical procedures being performed across the country and around the world, patients seeking functional panniculectomy after massive weight loss represent a different population than those seeking cosmetic abdominoplasty. The purpose of this study was to determine whether certain complications are more likely to occur in patients undergoing functional panniculectomy, as well as identify risk factors that are implicated in the occurrence of adverse events. METHODS Retrospective cohort study was conducted of patients undergoing cosmetic abdominoplasty and functional panniculectomy in North America between 2015 and 2019 using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database sponsored by the American College of Surgeons. Comorbidities and postoperative complications between these two cohorts were analyzed with appropriate statistics. RESULTS During the study interval, 11,137 patients underwent excision of excessive infraumbilical abdominal skin, including 57.4% (n = 6397) patients undergoing functional panniculectomy and 42.6% (n = 4740) patients undergoing cosmetic abdominoplasty. Patients undergoing functional panniculectomy were significantly more likely to have comorbidities than those undergoing cosmetic abdominoplasty (p < .001). Overall adverse events (p < .001), medical complications (p = .047), surgical complications (p < .001), related readmission (p < .001), and related reoperation (p < .001) were significantly higher in patients undergoing functional panniculectomy. Surgical complications significantly higher in functional panniculectomy included superficial incisional infection (p < .001), deep incisional infection (p < .001), organ/space infection (p < .001), dehiscence (p = .003), and bleeding requiring transfusion (p = .003). CONCLUSIONS Patients undergoing functional panniculectomy are significantly more likely to have comorbidities and experience postoperative wound infection, dehiscence, sepsis, bleeding, related readmission, and related reoperation.

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Authors
Kalmar, C. L., Park, B. C., Kassis, S., Higdon, K. K., & Perdikis, G.
Affiliations
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Kalmar, Christopher L.
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Venue
Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2022-09
Volume
75
Issue
9
Pages
3541-3550
ISSN
1748-6815 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.bjps.2022.04.057
OpenAlex
W4225014410
Semantic Scholar
0c16717028e9729513ae231044717b7b046bd32b
Cited by
25
References
28
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 3
FWCI
4.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
  • www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
  • www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Body Contouring and Surgery
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery
Keywords
postoperative complications, risk factors, surgical site infection, wound dehiscence, postoperative bleeding, hospital readmission, reoperation, comorbidities, massive weight loss, bariatric surgery, National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
MeSH terms
Humans, Postoperative Complications, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Surgical Wound Infection, Lipectomy, Bariatric Surgery, Abdominoplasty

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