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Article: The buttocks after weight loss: the bilateral rotation flap technique provides autologous gluteal augmentation for postbariatric surgery patients.
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- Plastic Surgery Products
- Article date:
- August 1, 2006
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The remarkable health benefits that accrue from massive weight loss after bariatric surgery are well established in the surgical literature. As a result, the procedure is being performed more frequently than ever. However, a massive pannus and redundant skin and soft tissue in many areas of the body--including the hips, thighs, arms, back, and gluteal region--often remain following massive weight loss. These areas of excess tissue can cause considerable morbidity for the bariatric-surgery patient.
In addition to the obvious aesthetic benefits that result after this tissue is resected, relief from chronic intertriginous infections and improvements in mobility and ability to ...
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