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ArticleAesthetic plastic surgery2021

Quality of Life and Concurrent Procedures in Truncal Body Contouring Patients: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.

Omar Elfanagely, Jaclyn T Mauch, Joseph A Mellia, Yasmeen M Byrnes, Sammy Othman, Charles A Messa Iv, John P Fischer

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Article in Aesthetic plastic surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Omar Elfanagely *Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 51 North 39th Street Wright Saunders Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2076-0026
Jaclyn T Mauch *Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 51 North 39th Street Wright Saunders Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Joseph A MelliaDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 51 North 39th Street Wright Saunders Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Yasmeen M ByrnesPerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Sammy OthmanDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 51 North 39th Street Wright Saunders Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Charles A Messa IvDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 51 North 39th Street Wright Saunders Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
John P FischerDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 51 North 39th Street Wright Saunders Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. John.Fischer2@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.

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Abstract

backgroundBody contouring procedures provide patients with a meaningful improvement in health-related quality of life (QoL). We aim to compare the difference between the QoL in patients undergoing a single post-bariatric abdominal body contouring procedure (BCP) and those undergoing two or more concurrent procedures. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Patients evaluated for post-bariatric BCP were identified and administered the BODY-Q©. Patient demographics, clinical and operative characteristics, surgical outcomes, cost data, and absolute change in QoL scores were analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-square, and Mann-Whitney U-test, between patients who underwent single (SP), double (DP), or triple (TP) concurrent procedures.

resultsA total of 45 patients were included. The median age was 52 years old ([IQR] ± 13). The majority were female (71.1%) and African-American (55.5%). The most common single procedure was panniculectomy (75%). Surgical site occurrences, readmissions, and the complication composite outcome did not differ between groups (p>0.05). No difference was seen between SP and DP QoL score (p>0.05). The DP had a statistically lower net QoL score compared with TP cohort in four domains. The SP had a statistically lower net QoL score compared with the TP in three domains. Average total cost for patients receiving an SP was $8,048.44, compared with $19,063.94 for DP (p<0.01), and $19,765.02 for TP (p>0.05).

conclusionsBody contouring procedures are associated with improvements in QoL irrespective of the number of concurrent procedures. Further improvement in psychological well-being occurs for patients who proceed with double concurrent procedures, albeit with an increase in cost. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE IV: This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each submission to which Evidence-Based Medicine rankings are applicable. This excludes Review Articles, Book Reviews, and manuscripts that concern Basic Science, Animal Studies, Cadaver Studies, and Experimental Studies. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .

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AbdominoplastyBody ContouringAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedQuality of LifeRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeConcurrent proceduresPlastic surgeryPost-bariatric weight lossQuality of lifeTruncal body contouring

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