Complications in Lower Body Lifts

Medical University of Vienna

Status: Completed

Conditions: Surplus Skin After Massive Weight Loss

Treatments: Procedure: body contouring surgery of back, abdomen and thighs

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01551862

PlastSurg01

Details and patient eligibility

About

A prospective study on 50 consecutive patients who are going to have a lower body lift procedure is performed. Measures include comorbidities and complications. Risk factors assessed including patient age, gender, highest lifetime body mass index (BMI) (BMI max), current BMI, excess weight loss (EWL), type of weight loss and nicotine consumption.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 64 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• after massive weight loss
• age > 18 years and < 65 years
• excess weight loss > 66%
• current body mass index < 35
• stable weight after weight loss for at least 12 months

Exclusion criteria

• insulin dependent diabetes mellitus