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, 2021 Abstract Brachioplasty aims to improve the appearance of the arm by removal of excess skin or adipose tissue. This deformity is exacerbated by advancing age or massive weight loss. This chapter discusses the development of the brachioplasty technique and its variants, anatomical considerations, surgical technique, and outcome data.
Mark Soldin, Charles J. Bain
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Journal of Investigative Surgery, 2022 Background The most effective dissection technique for elevating flaps in body contouring is still controversial, particularly in high-risk massive weight loss (MWL) patients.
Diletta Maria Pierazzi +7 more
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SERI Surgical Scaffold as an Adjunct to Conventional Brachioplasty
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2014 Summary: Although the popularity of longitudinal brachioplasty has grown tremendously in recent years, dealing with the unpredictable scar remains a challenge for the surgeon and the patient.
Andrew N. Kornstein, MD, FACS
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Upper Arm Contouring with Brachioplasty after Massive Weight Loss
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2014 Background As the obese population increases in Korea, the number of patients who are trying to lose weight has been increasing steadily. In these patients, skin laxity and deformation of the body contour occurs, which could possibly be corrected by ...
Hyun Ho Han +5 more
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Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 1979 Brachioplasty seems very simple, and the surgeon, thinking that the removal of excess skin and fat is easy, is likely to find himself in trouble after surgery because of carelessness in diagnosis and in patient selection, and lack of careful surgical ...
Guerrero-Santos,J. +1 more
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Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum, 2023 BackgroundThe Hybrid Cooperative Complexes of high and low molecular weight hyaluronic acids (HHCC) improve skin structure and bioactivity. Massive weight loss damages cellular composition and morphological structure of skin.
Andrea Margara +4 more
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Clinics in Plastic Surgery, 2016 This article contrasts the ideal appearance of the female upper arm, axilla, and upper midlateral chest with the sagging and/or oversized deformity. The constellation of postbrachioplasty aesthetic deformity is introduced. These aesthetic shortcomings are best avoided, because they are difficult to correct.
Richard J. Zienowicz, Erik A. Hoy
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Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2017 Background Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic skin condition that can affect any area with apocrine sweat glands and has the potential to involve multiple sites concurrently.
Daniel L. Ching +3 more
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Posterior Scar Brachioplasty with Fascial Suspension: A Long-term Follow-up of a Modified Technique
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2013 Background: The traditional long medial arm incision with its resultant scar is not acceptable. The author presents his long-term experience in performing the posterior scar brachioplasty with fascial suspension. The technique is a modification described
Hamdy Elkhatib, MD
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Arms Lift in a Case of Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum [PDF]
Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine, 2013 Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a rare hereditary disorder of elastin fibers, characterized by yellowish coalescent papules in flexural surfaces with abnormally lax and corrugated skin.
P. Panettiere, L. Marchetti, D. Accorsi
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