Abstract

VACA ESCOBAR, B.; GUERRA NAVARRETE, D.  and  MANZANO MANZANO, R.. Postabdominoplasty respiratory changes. Cir. plást. iberolatinoam. [online]. 2007, vol.33, n.1, pp.69-72. ISSN 1989-2055.

The body contour has been one of the main concerns for plastic surgery for many decades. However, surgical procedures like abdominoplasty are not complication free as a result of increased abdominal pressure over the respiratory tract. Our study is based on investigating these changes postabdominoplasty and their return to normal after 15 days. We evaluated 18 female patients with abdominal deformity graded II and III according to the Matarasso scale, without history of respiratory problems, who received a classic abdominoplasty without lipoaspiration, with a mean value of the rectus abdominalis plicature of 8.54 cm, and a preoperatory vital capacity of 2,88 (97%), immediate postoperatory value of 2,52 (77.5%), and after 15 days of 2,73 (86.6%). We found statistical difference between pre and postoperative values and a partial recovery (50%) of the baseline values after 15 days. The conclusions we obtained reinforce the reports made by others authors concerning variations in the abdominal pressure pre and post abdominal surgery, and we found a partial recovery after 15 days after the procedure.

Keywords : Abdominoplasty; Respiratory Changes.

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