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Lipoabdominoplasty: Revisiting the Superior Pull-Down Abdominal Flap and New Approaches

Author: Carlos Oscar Uebel

Published in: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery | Issue 3/2009

Abstract

Abdominoplasty is a very common procedure, especially for patients with abdominal laxness, striaes, and muscle rectus diastases. With the advent of liposuction 28 years ago, we can improve body contouring by treating lipodystrophies in the epigastric, flank, trochanteric, and buttocks areas. The procedure combining abdominoplasty and liposuction is called lipoabdominoplasty. Many new techniques have been proposed since these procedures were introduced; we now revisit the superior pull-down abdominal flap technique with several new modifications and improvements.

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Title: Lipoabdominoplasty: Revisiting the Superior Pull-Down Abdominal Flap and New Approaches
Author: Carlos Oscar Uebel
Publication date: 01-05-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery / Issue 3/2009
Print ISSN: 0364-216X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5241
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-009-9318-z

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