SynthesisObesity surgery2018
Does Body Contouring After Bariatric Weight Loss Enhance Quality of Life? A Systematic Review of QOL Studies.
Synthesis in Obesity surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
37 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 95 citations in OpenAlex.
- Complications of Body Contouring Surgery in Postbariatric Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Body Contouring Surgery Improves Weight Loss after Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Aesthetic Contouring of the Chest wall with Rib Resection.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2021Pooled it
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- Reimbursement Policies of Swiss Health Insurances for the Surgical Treatment of Symptomatic Abdominal Tissue Excess After Massive Weight Loss: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Content validity of self-reports of excess skin after bariatric surgery: protocol for a Dutch cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Post-Bariatric Surgery Abdominoplasty Ameliorates Psychological Well-Being in Formerly Obese Patients: A Cross-Sectional Recall Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Assessing the Effectiveness of a Short Form Screening Tool (COPs) for Body Dysmorphic Disorder in Cosmetic Surgery Patients: A Study of Pre- and Post-Operative Outcomes.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2025Article
- Classification and Treatment Protocol of Post-bariatric Patients: An Anamnestic and Psychiatric Profiling.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2025Article
- Understanding the Long-Term Effects of Inverted-T-Abdominoplasty on Quality of Life: Insights from Post-Bariatric Surgery Patients.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The impact of weight loss after bariatric surgeries on the patient's body image, quality of life, and self-esteem.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Article
- Recent COVID-19 Infection Increases Complication Risk After Body-Contouring Surgery.Aesthetic surgery journal. Open forum · 2025Article
- Aesthetic results in twin case undergoing transverse abdominoplasty versus Fleur-de-Lis abdominoplasty after massive weight loss.JPRAS open · 2024Article
- Efficacy of Liposuction of the Posterior Arm Fat Pad in Axillobrachioplasty after Massive Weigh Loss: A Pilot Study.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- Accelerating Fleur-de-lis Panniculectomy with the Absorbable Dermal Stapler-A Study of Efficiency, Aesthetics, and Quality-of-life.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2024Article
- Most Cited Articles in Body Contouring: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Past 45 Years.Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.) · 2024Review
- [Postbariatric plastic surgery for body reconstruction].Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Impact of Body-contouring Surgery Post Bariatric Surgery on Patient Well-being, Quality of Life, and Body Image: Saudi Arabia-based Cross-sectional Study.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- Psychological well-being as a motive for and result of post-bariatric body contouring procedures.Obesity science & practice · 2024Article
- Desire for Body Contouring Surgery after Bariatric Surgery: A Nationwide Cross-sectional Study in Saudi Arabia.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Massive weight loss following bariatric surgery can result in excess tissue, manifesting as large areas of redundant skin that can be managed by body contouring surgery. This study aims to quantify the effects of body contouring surgery on indicators of quality of life in post-bariatric patients. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature revealed on indices of quality of life in post-bariatric patients, before and after body contouring surgery. Body contouring surgery resulted in statistically significant improvements in physical functioning, psychological wellbeing and social functioning, as well as a reduction in BMI. Body contouring surgery offers a strategy to improve quality of life in patients suffering from the functional and psychosocial consequences of excess skin after bariatric surgery.
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