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Re: abdominoplastyFrom: Joanne Bulley (jbulley@cheshire.net)Sat Jun 13 22:18:01 1998
Well ... The one patient I did who had this done had it done by one of our gen surgeins. I assissted him with it at the end of the hyst through pfannenstiel. It removed only 2 1/2 pounds or 1 kg, left a very long abdominal scar and moved the umbilicus half way to the symphysis (she declined the centering of the umbilicus...) and significantly increased the surgical / anesthesia time. On top of that - she had not given her history of a sister dying of pulmonary embolus after childbirth and her father having a non-fatal PE post op until we were making her diagnosis of PE in the ER a week post-op. So ... although I am certain I could do a good job of the abdominoplasty - I prefer to not do it. The patients who ask me for it ask more for weight loss than for just the flappy skin... Joanne Bulley ++++++++++++++++++++ DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote: Does anyone do ABDOMINAL hysts (and BSO, if postmenopause) and offer the patient a modified abdominoplasty to go along with it? If you do the TAHBSO through a Pfannenstiel, it's extremely easy to do a subumbilical abdominoplasty, and remove the redundant skin left over from childbearing (which is NOT amenable to exercise and weight reduction). Joe P. +++++++++++++++++++++++
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