Trial reportAesthetic plastic surgery2026
The Effect of Scarpa Fascia Preservation in Lipo-Abdominoplasty on Abdominal Skin Perfusion Monitored by Infrared Thermography.
Trial report in Aesthetic plastic surgery, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Scarpa Fascia, Seroma Prevention, and Flap Perfusion: Complementary but Distinct Effects.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe safety of the lipoabdominoplasty is always a matter of concern specially the perfusion of the abdominal skin. Several anatomical studies of the anterior abdominal wall investigated the vascular supply of the skin after abdominoplasty. Different techniques were tried aiming to enhance the vascular perfusion of the distal abdominal skin. Scarpa fascia preservation reduced the likelihood formation of seroma. Recently, a single study reported that preservation of scarpa fascia underneath the abdominal flap enhances the perfusion and survival of the abdominal skin. PATIENTS AND
methodsIn a Controlled randomized study, 20 patients underwent lipoabdominoplasty. 10 patients underwent standard lipoabdominoplasty (group I), while the other 10 patients underwent lipoabdominoplasty with scarpa fascia preservation. All the demographic data and preoperative conditions were consistent in both groups. Pre-, immediate postoperative and one-month postoperative measurement of distal skin temperature by Infrared Thermography (IRT) was recorded for both groups. The recorded temperature by IRT reflects the tissue perfusion and viability.
resultsWith a consistent demographic data and single surgical operating, Statistical analysis of the IRT measurements revealed a non-significant difference in patients of both groups.
conclusionThe preservation of scarpa fascia did not enhance the vascular perfusion of the distal skin after abdominoplasty. However, preservation of scarpa fascia may minimize the formation of postoperative seroma due to lymphatic drainage and a decreased dead space. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE I: This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. 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 .
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.