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Litigation Cases After Post-Bariatric Surgery: Lesson from the Past.
[BACKGROUND] Due to the high demand of post-bariatric surgeries, the number of litigation cases is rapidly growing. Even if surgical mistakes still represent one of the main causes of medico-legal issues, many disputes depend on what happen…
- Effectiveness of Preventive Measures against Coronavirus Disease of 2019 in a Plastic Surgery Unit at the Epicenter of the Pandemic in Italy.
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Psychological and Psychiatric Traits in Post-bariatric Patients Asking for Body-Contouring Surgery.
[BACKGROUNDS] Obese patients, mainly females, feel uncomfortable and unsatisfied with their physical appearance; they have a wrong perception of their image and consequently diminish their self-esteem, sometimes showing difficulties in func…
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Polyurethane foam-covered breast implants: a justified choice?
[OBJECTIVE] Even if the safety of the polyurethane prosthesis has been the subject of many studies and professional and public controversies. Nowadays, polyurethane covered implants are very popular in plastic surgery for the treatment of c…
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Breast Reshaping Following Bariatric Surgery.
[BACKGROUND] Obesity is a worldwide problem that affects millions of people from a medical and psychological point of view. To solve the related complications, patients should lose weight with the consequent need to be subjected to body con…
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Surgical treatment of multiple symmetric lipomatosis with ultrasound-assisted liposuction.
Multiple symmetric lipomatosis (MSL) is a rare disease of unknown etiology, characterized by the presence of multiple, symmetrical, noncapsulated lipomas, mostly in the neck and upper trunk. To date, there is no effective medical treatment …
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The periprosthetic capsule and connective tissue diseases: a piece in the puzzle of autoimmune/autoinflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants.
Breast prostheses have been criticized for being responsible for triggering systemic autoimmune disease. The presence of breast implants causes a natural foreign body reaction characterized by the infiltration of macrophages and T-cells. Us…
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Use of oxidized regenerated cellulose to stop bleeding after a facelift procedure.
A 52-year-old woman came to our department about correcting a severe soft-tissue laxity after a weight loss of 67 kg. We performed a deep-plane face lift under sedation with local anesthesia. Three hours after the operation the patient had …
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Breast reduction: modified "Lejour technique" in 500 large breasts.
[BACKGROUND] The "minimal scar technique" for breast reduction, developed by Marchac, Lassus, and Lejour, has become an increasingly practiced alternative to standard operative procedures. [METHODS] The authors introduced the modified "Lej…