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Plastic Surgery in Massive Weight Loss Patients

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There are increasing numbers of men and women seeking extensive body contouring surgery after massive weight loss (MWL). For MWL patients, there were more than 68,000 body contouring procedures performed in 2006, spawning subspecialty interest [1]. Since the senior author Hurwitz joined the University of Pittsburgh Bariatric Surgery team in 1998, he has treated a steady stream of over 300 MWL patients. With new techniques and technology, total body lift (TBL) evolved, as a comprehensive aesthetic approach to treat deformities after MWL [2]. In 2005 coauthor Agha Mohammadi joined the Hurwitz Center for Plastic Surgery, and together we have embraced the vast yet unique challenge facing each patient. Following our report of the first 5 years [3], we have improved patient preparation, increased safety, designed new techniques, and learned from others.

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Dennis J. Hurwitz MD, FACS & Siamak Agha-Mohammadi BSc, MB BChir, PhD, FACS

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  1. Dept. of Plastic Surgery, University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Nicolò Scuderi

  2. University of California- San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Bryant A. Toth

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Hurwitz, D.J., Agha-Mohammadi, S. (2016). Plastic Surgery in Massive Weight Loss Patients. In: Scuderi, N., Toth, B. (eds) International Textbook of Aesthetic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46599-8_29

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