
Body Contouring, An Issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery
- 1st Edition, Volume 51-1 - November 8, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Dennis J Hurwitz, Armando A. Davila, Dani Kruchevsky
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 0 9 5 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 0 9 6 - 0
In this issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery, guest editors Drs. Dennis J. Hurwitz, Armando A. Davila, and Dani Kruchevsky bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Body C… Read more

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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery, guest editors Drs. Dennis J. Hurwitz, Armando A. Davila, and Dani Kruchevsky bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Body Contouring. Top experts cover key topics such as preparing patients for body contouring surgery and surveillance for DVT; UAL liposuction and lipografting; refining lipoabdominoplasty with high-definition liposuction; management of the musculoaperonosis in abdominoplasty; interplay of oblique flankplasty with vertical medial thighplasty; and more.
- Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including planning and performing total body contouring after massive weight loss; lipoplasty in the overweight patient; the role of non-invasive and minimally invasive techniques in open surgical interventions for the purpose of body contouring; emerging approaches to breast reshaping in the massive weight loss patient; secondary body contouring surgery; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on body contouring, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Plastic surgery, cosmetic and reconstructive surgery
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preparing Patients for Body Contouring Surgery and Postoperative Surveillance for Deep Venous Thrombosis
- Key points
- Introduction
- Preoperative evaluation
- Deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis and postoperative surveillance
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Patient Evaluation and Surgical Staging
- Key points
- Introduction
- Patient evaluation
- Physical examination
- Surgical planning
- Staging
- Staging for moderate medication-assisted weight loss patients
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Ultrasound-Assisted Lipoplasty
- Key points
- Introduction
- Surgical techniques
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Lipoplasty in the Overweight Patient
- Key points
- Introduction
- Historical background
- Large volume liposuction
- Skin retraction with energy-assisted liposuction devices
- Current study
- Evaluation
- Operative technique
- Postoperative assessment
- Statistics
- Results
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Lipoabdominoplasty with Anatomical Definition: Update
- Key points
- Introduction
- The principles of the lipoabdominoplasty
- Surgical technique
- Results
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Management of the Musculoaponeurotic Layer in Abdominoplasty
- Key points
- Introduction
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Maximizing the TULUA Abdominoplasty with Oblique Flankplasty
- Key points
- Introduction
- TULUA: An alternative lipoabdominoplasty
- Oblique flankplasty: An alternative lower body lift
- Maximizing TULUA lipoabdominoplasty and oblique flankplasty
- Surgery
- TULUA
- Case 1: Modified TULUA, oblique flankplasty, and excision correction of gynecomastia
- Case 2: TULUA and oblique flankplasty with bilateral boomerang correction of gynecomastia
- Case 3: Female had TULUA and oblique flankplasty, limited buttock plasty, and thighplasty
- Discussion
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Finesse in Fleur-de-lis Abdominoplasty
- Key points
- Introduction
- Lower body deformity
- Patient selection
- Vertical resection
- Technical refinements
- Pubis
- Neo umbilicus
- Discussion
- Clinics care points
- Supplementary data
- Circumferential Surgical Contouring of the Upper and Lower Body
- Key points
- Introduction
- Preoperative assessment
- Surgical planning
- Lower body
- Upper body
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Indications of Oblique Flankplasty
- Key points
- Background
- Indications
- Technical pearls
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Spiral Flap Breast Reshaping with Transverse Upper Body Lift or J Torsoplasty
- Key points
- Introduction/history/definitions/background
- Case 1: single-stage oblique excisions contemporary total body lift
- Case 2: transverse upper body lift after oblique flankplasty with lipoabdominoplasty
- Evolution to contemporary total body lift
- Evaluation/approach
- Surgical order
- Case 3: transverse upper body lift, spiral flap breast reshaping, and L-brachioplasty
- Case 4: J torsoplasty, spiral flap breast reshaping, and L-brachioplasty
- Discussion
- Clinics care points
- Supplementary data
- Interplay of Oblique Flankplasty with Vertical Medial Thighplasty
- Key points
- Introduction
- Complex surgery of body and thighs
- Discussion
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Supplementary data
- The Role of Noninvasive and Minimally Invasive Techniques in Open Surgical Interventions for the Purpose of Body Contouring
- Key points
- Introduction
- Clinical points
- Minimally invasive and noninvasive techniques with abdominoplasty
- Secondary procedure
- 3-dimensional abdominoplasty
- 4-dimensional abdominoplasty
- Summary & key points
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Emerging Approaches to Augmentation Mastopexy in the Nontraditional Weight-Loss Patient
- Key points
- Introduction/history/definitions/background
- Case 1: mesh-supported breast augmentation in the thin patient with massive weight loss
- Surgical technique
- Discussion
- Case 2: composite breast augmentation in the overweight-weight-loss patient
- Surgical technique
- Discussion
- Case 3: managing projection with suspensory cerclage after implant removal in the patient with breast implant illness
- Surgical technique
- Discussion
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Supplementary data
- Secondary Body Contouring
- Key points
- Introduction
- Preoperative evaluation
- Perioperative evaluation
- Postoperative evaluation
- Common complications leading to secondary surgery
- Authors’ common practice and surgical pearls for risk reduction
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Supplementary data
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 51-1
- Published: November 8, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443130953
- eBook ISBN: 9780443130960
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Dennis J Hurwitz
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Professor of Surgery (Plastic), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Attending Plastic Surgeon, Magee Women's HospitalAD
Armando A. Davila
Affiliations and expertise
Hurwitz Center for Plastic SurgeryDK
Dani Kruchevsky
Affiliations and expertise
Aesthetic and Body Contouring Fellow, Hurwitz Center for Plastic Surgery