Abstract

CIDO CARVALHO, F. A. M.; VIEIRA DA SILVA, Jr., V.  and  ALENCAR MOREIRA, A.. Lipoabdominoplasty with umbilical detachment and reduced abdominal undermining. Cir. plást. iberolatinoam. [online]. 2008, vol.34, n.4, pp.277-285. ISSN 1989-2055.

We present a combination of procedures for the treatment of the abdominal volume excess with moderate skin excess, using lipoabdominoplasty with detachment of the navel. Indications are restricted to those cases where the isolated suction-assisted lipoctomy (SAL) would take to the worsening of the skin flaccidity, while the full abdominoplasty would imply in exaggerated excision of the skin or presence of small vertical scar. The miniabdominoplasty more frequently used would only treat the flaccidity about the inferior abdomen, leaving skin excess in the upper abdomen area. The combination of wide suctionassisted lipectomy with undermining in the central area of the abdomen, with umbilical detachment and its posterior new implantation about 2 to 5 cm lower, allows a complete plication of the abdominal rectums, with good excision of the skin excess of the inferior abdomen, besides the treatment of the moderate flaccidity of the superior abdomen.

Keywords : Lipoabdominoplasty; Abdominal dermolictomy; Navel detachment.

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