TULUA Abdominoplasty

Transverse Plication Technique

1st Edition - July 8, 2024
Editor: Francisco Javier Villegas-Alza
Language: English
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Renowned globally for its effectiveness and innovation in abdominal contour surgery, discover the pioneering TULUA Abdominoplasty technique, developed by Dr. Francisco Javier Villegas-Alzate. Offering first-of-its-kind coverage of this effective, alternative surgical technique, TULUA Abdominoplasty: Transverse Plication Technique provides expert, up-to-date guidance from international leaders in abdominoplasty. This comprehensive guide offers unparalleled insights and detailed, step-by-step instructions essential for modern plastic surgeons. Ideal for plastic surgeons seeking advanced techniques and unparalleled results, TULUA Abdominoplasty sets a new standard in surgical excellence and patient care.

Part 1: Fundamentals

1. Essentials of Anterior Abdominal Wall Anatomy for Abdominoplasty

2. Surface Abdominal Anatomy, Aesthetics, and Proportionality

3. History and Evolution in Abdominoplasties: Evolving to the TULUA Concept

4. Developments for a Safer Lipoabdominoplasty

5. From ELMA to TULUA

6. Abdominal Wall Laxity Correction With Plicatures

7. The Origins and Experience of the Transverse Plication During Abdominoplasty in Colombia, Its Uses, Evolution, and Scope

8. Neoumbilicoplasty

9. Complications and Prevention Pearls in Lipoabdominoplasty

10. TULUA Abdominoplasty, Animal Experiments

11. TULUA Paradigm Shifting: Detailed Description of the Concepts That Originated the Technique
Part 2: Surgical Techniques and TULUA Indications

12. TULUA: A Surgical Guide to the Basic Technique

13. TULUA Corrects and Prevents Primary or Secondary Upper Abdomen Redundancy

14. TULUA Hernio-Abdominoplasty: Hernia Management During Abdominoplasty

15. TULUA Abdominoplasty in Postbariatric Patients

16. Secondary TULUA Lipoabdominoplasty

17. How to Prevent and Solve Complications of Previous Abdominoplasties and Liposuction With TULUA

18. Avoiding Tissue Necrosis After Abdominoplasty in the Patient With Subcostal Scars Using TULUA Lipoabdominoplasty

19. TULUA Lipoabdominoplasty Resects More Tissue Than Conventional Methods While Still Maintaining a Low Scar Placement

20. TULUA with Additional Vertical Plicature: The Combination of Vertical and Transverse Plications Adds Advantages

21. TULUA-HD: High-definition Liposuction Combined With Transverse Plicature Abdominoplasty

22. TULUA With Abdominal Volumization Using Intramuscular Fat Grafting

23. Caldeira-Midi-TULUA Abdominoplasty: Incomplete Subumbilical Resection, and Neoumbilicoplasty During Lipoabdominoplasty

24. LIPO-MIT “Mini-TULUA”: Liposuction With Anatomical Definition, Infraumbilical Resection, Short Incision, and Transverse Plicature

25. TULUA-DIEP: Optimizing Abdominal Donor Site During Free Flap Breast Reconstruction Using Transverse Plication Abdominoplasty

26. TULUA-Hemi DIEP: Donor Abdominoplasty Following Flap Banking For Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction

27. Pregnancy After TULUA

28. Female External Genitalia in the Context of Transverse Plication TULUA Abdominoplasty

29. TULUA in a Kidney Transplant Patient: Case Report and Literature Review About Aesthetic Surgery in Transplanted Patients
Part 3: International Adaptations of TULUA

30. FLORIDA Abdominoplasty

31. LIMA Abdominoplasty: Liposculpture, Mixed Musculoaponeurotic Plication, and Abdominoplasty With Neoumbilicoplasty

32. Lipoabdominoplasty and Abdominal Wall Correction With the Crossbow Plication. (The Paranense Brazil Experience)

33. The India Experience With TULUA: A Subcontinent Introduction to the New Abdominoplasty Era

34. The Arabic Experience With TULUA: Personal Experiences and Specific Indications and Modifications to Introduce the TULUA Abdominoplasty Technique in the Middle East

35. The Buenos Aires Experience: Drainless, Awake, and Tumescent TULUA Abdominoplasty

36. The Paraguayan Experience Introducing TULUA: A Paradigm Change in Abdominoplasty

37. Teaching TULUA Abdominoplasty: Its Application in the “en bloc” Resection Technique

38. Usefulness and Implementation of the TULUA Technique in a Private Practice Service in Mar del Plata, Argentina
Part 4: Expert Opinion

39. TULUA: Expert Discussion About Its Principles, Questions to Solve, Safety Concerns, and Its Future

40. Cirque du Soleil and the TULUA Technique Antidotes to the Traditional Abdominoplasty

41. Abdominoplasty: State-of-the-Art

42. TULUA Abdominoplasty in Patients After Massive Weight Loss

43. TULUA and Oblique Flankplasty: A Marriage to Reshape the 360-Degree Torso

44. Male TULUA-HD Abdominoplasty: Emergency TULUA, Safety and Tips for Successful Outcomes

45. Vibration Amplification of Sound Energy at Resonance (VASER) Circumferential Liposuction and Lipoabdominoplasty: A New Frontier, Complementing and Challenging TULUA Abdominoplasty

46. TULUA-nha: Lipoabdominoplasty With Definition + TULUA

47. Mastering the Lipoabdominoplasty: Superior Pull-Down, Miniabdominoplasty, and TULUA Techniques

48. First Experiences With the TULUA Abdominoplasty Technique in Germany

49. TULUA Abdominoplasty: “How To” Obtain the Best Results and Avoid Complications

50. CALP-TULUA: Incorporating TULUA in Divine Proportion CALP Abdominoplasty

Index