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C-Reactive Protein Decrease After Postbariatric Abdominoplasty

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Aesthetic Plastic Surgery of the Abdomen

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Obese patients present elevated levels of plasma inflammatory markers, including C-reactive protein (CRP). In morbidly obese patients, bariatric surgery delivers through massive weight loss, among other benefits, the reduction of plasma CRP levels. Abdominoplasty performed in patients after massive weight loss has also demonstrated to reduce plasmatic CRP levels, further corroborating metabolic and inflammatory advantages to those patients and adding to the benefits of body contour reconstruction.

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  1. Plastic Surgery Service, Division of Plastic Surgery, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Av. Sao Gabriel, 201- conj. 704, 01435-001, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Wilson Cintra Jr M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Division of Plastic Surgery, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Rodrigo Itocazo Rocha M.D. & Miguel Modolin M.D.

  3. Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Rolf Gemperli M.D., Ph.D.

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Cintra, W., Rocha, R.I., Modolin, M., Gemperli, R. (2016). C-Reactive Protein Decrease After Postbariatric Abdominoplasty. In: Di Giuseppe, A., Shiffman, M. (eds) Aesthetic Plastic Surgery of the Abdomen. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20004-0_31

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