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Obesity impacts plastic surgery in several clinical environments. The prevalence of overweight patients has increased even in this branch of surgery for the treatment of general pathologies, like neoplastic lesions or wounds and bariatric- or post-bariatric-specific disorders. Obese patients have a high rate of surgical complications, such as wound dehiscences, infections, and dystrophic cicatrizations, and they have been considered to be at greater risk of developing serious adverse events, such as deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. For these reasons, a multidisciplinary approach is necessary for the preoperative assessment and the postoperative management. Moreover, it is important not to underestimate the psychological aspect of obese patients, who are often fragile, anxious, and hopeful about the changes induced by surgical procedures in their life. The main surgical procedures requested are abdominoplasty, brachioplasty, liposuction, thigh lift, and rhytidectomy.
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Vindigni, V., Masetto, L., Bassetto, F. (2014). Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Obese Patients. In: Foletto, M., Rosenthal, R. (eds) The Globesity Challenge to General Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5382-3_15
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