Redefining Limits: A Clinical Trial on the Safety of Combining Liposuction With Undermining During Abdominoplasty

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Abdominal Wall Laxity; Abdominal Lipodystrophy; Abdominal Wall Viability

Treatments: Procedure: Wide undermining; Procedure: Liposuction; Procedure: Limited undermining

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07590492

MD-342-2022

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the safety and outcomes of combining liposuction with varying degrees of abdominal flap undermining during abdominoplasty. Patients were randomly anssigned into three groups based on the extent of undermining and use of liposuction. Outcomes assessed included complication rates, horizontal laxity, and aesthetic results.

Enrollment: 63 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patients undergoing
• Patients fit for elective surgery
• BMI less than 35 kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

• Significant uncontrolled comorbidities
• Previous major abdominal surgery affecting flap vascularity

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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63 participants in 3 patient groups

Group A: limited undermining + liposuction

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Limited undermining

Procedure: Liposuction

Group B: Wide undermining without liposuction

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Wide undermining

Group C: Wide undermining + liposuction

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Liposuction

Procedure: Wide undermining