1. Medial thighplasty: Current concepts and practices
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Benoit Chaput, A. De Runz, Eric Watier, Pascal Girard, Nicolas Bertheuil, Raphael Carloni, and Christian Herlin
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Post bariatric surgery ,business.industry ,Bariatric Surgery ,Context (language use) ,Thigh lift ,Plastic Surgery Procedures ,030230 surgery ,Medial compartment of thigh ,Surgery ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,Postoperative Complications ,Treatment Outcome ,0302 clinical medicine ,Thigh ,Weight Loss ,Body contouring ,medicine ,Operations management ,business - Abstract
Medial thighplasty, also known as medial thigh lift, is a procedure that has been carried out for five decades. The original "Lewis" technique has undergone many changes, and thereby been rendered widely available to plastic surgeons. Given the increasingly high number of surgical reconstructions after massive weight loss, this technique is now an integral part of a surgeon's therapeutic arsenal as he strives to meet the evolving demands of patients. The objective of this article, which is based on a comprehensive review of the literature, is to summarize current knowledge on medial thighplasty and thereby allow plastic surgeons to adopt the operating technique best suited to the deformations presented by their patients and to the overall context. The different techniques, outcomes and complications are successively discussed.
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- 2016
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