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The ideal buttock: some aesthetic and morphometric considerations

Authors: Edoardo Raposio, Ilaria Baldelli, Monica Vappiani, Alessandro Gualdi, Giorgio Raposio

Published in: European Journal of Plastic Surgery | Issue 6/2023

Abstract

Remodeling surgical procedures of the gluteal region are increasingly popular and in demand. In most cases, preoperative considerations and planning are largely based on the surgeon’s own experience. This article reviews the existing literature on the subject, adding and encoding some personal notes in order to standardize the ideally predictable results in cosmetic surgery of the gluteal region. Anatomical and morphological considerations are described as indications for an accurate preoperative planning, outlining morphological-geometric guidelines on the ideal beauty of the buttocks, with the aim to facilitate such process for the less experienced surgeon.

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Title: The ideal buttock: some aesthetic and morphometric considerations
Authors: Edoardo Raposio
Ilaria Baldelli
Monica Vappiani
Alessandro Gualdi
Giorgio Raposio
Publication date: 24-11-2023
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Liposuction
Liposuction
Liposuction
Published in: European Journal of Plastic Surgery / Issue 6/2023
Print ISSN: 0930-343X
Electronic ISSN: 1435-0130
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-023-02138-1

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The ideal buttock: some aesthetic and morphometric considerations

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