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ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2020

Abdominoplasty for male truncal obesity: case report.

Ugochukwu Uzodimma Nnadozie, Gabriel Maduwuike Okorie, Charles Chidiebele Maduba, Njoku Isaac Omoke, Amaechi Ugbala, Emmanuel Uchendu, Collins Nwachi Ugwu

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Article in The Pan African medical journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ugochukwu Uzodimma NnadozieDepartment of Surgery, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Gabriel Maduwuike OkorieDepartment of Surgery, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Charles Chidiebele MadubaDepartment of Surgery, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Njoku Isaac OmokeDepartment of Surgery, Ebonyi State University/ Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Amaechi UgbalaDepartment of Surgery, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Emmanuel UchenduAlex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital/ College of Health Science, Ebonyi state University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Collins Nwachi UgwuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki · NGEbonyi State University · NG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Truncal obesity and its associated health risk is an enormous burden. The traditional surgical treatment modality is liposuction or lipoabdominoplasty. An uncommon mode of the treatment is the use of abdominoplasty alone or as a surgical component. The aim of this report is to show a satisfactory outcome of abdominoplasty as the only surgical component in the management of severe truncal obesity in elderly male patient. We report a 75 year old Nigerian trader who had truncal obesity with gross abdominal asymmetry and cardiovascular and diabetes mellitus co-morbidities as well as bilateral knee osteoarthritis and social isolation due to truncal disfigurement. He was offered abdominoplasty as a sole surgical option for correction of anterior abdominal wall asymmetry. Apart from post operative wound complications and blood transfusion reactions, the patient had a good recovery and improved quality of life. Abdominoplasty is a rewarding treatment when used as a sole surgical option in centrally obese patients with anterior abdominal wall asymmetry and significant subcutaneous fat thickness.

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Quality of LifeAbdominal WallAbdominoplastyAgedHumansMaleObesity, AbdominalPostoperative ComplicationsAbdominoplastyelderly malequality of lifetruncal obesity

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PMID32774627
PMCPMC7388613
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