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Published in: Obesity Surgery 5/2019

01-05-2019 | Abdominoplasty | Letter to the Editor

The Assessment of a Predictive Risk and a Decrease Postoperative Complication Following Body-Contouring Surgery After Massive Weight Loss

Authors: Nicolas Bertheuil, C. Mocquard, N. Kerfant, D. Bergeat

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 5/2019

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We read with great interest the manuscript entitled “What is the impact of comorbidities on the risk for postoperative body-contouring surgery complications in postbariatric patients?” by Rosa et al [1]. We would like to congratulate the authors for their work and their conclusion which confirms and reinforces others’ previous findings [2‐4]. The authors aimed to evaluate the impact of diabetes, arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, and metabolic syndrome on the occurrence of postoperative complications following body-contouring surgery. Diabetes, dyslipidemia, and metabolic syndrome were risk factors for postoperative complication in univariate analysis, and the multivariate analysis did not confirm those findings. …
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Metadata
Title
The Assessment of a Predictive Risk and a Decrease Postoperative Complication Following Body-Contouring Surgery After Massive Weight Loss
Authors
Nicolas Bertheuil
C. Mocquard
N. Kerfant
D. Bergeat
Publication date
01-05-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 5/2019
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-019-03742-6

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