Factors associated with resection weight and complications after massive-weight-loss abdominoplasty: A retrospective 10-year single-center study
Sabrina Luettschwager, Patrick Mandal, Lars- Peter Kamolz, Hanna Luze, Maximilian Moshammer, Michael Schintler, Michael Kohlhauser · 2026
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Sabrina Luettschwager and co-authors present a 2026 study of tummy-tuck surgery after massive weight loss, focusing on how much tissue is removed and whether that predicts complications. Removing loose skin and fat after major weight loss is demanding surgery. Higher removed weight has been linked with more problems, but the evidence was incomplete.
The study reviewed 217 adults operated on at a university hospital in Graz between 2012 and 2023, all after losing at least half their excess weight. It recorded weight history, tissue removed, and complications graded on a standard scale. Statistical models tested which patient and procedure factors drove resection weight, and whether resection weight itself predicted complications.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sabrina Luettschwager, Patrick Mandal, Lars- Peter Kamolz, Hanna Luze, Maximilian Moshammer, Michael Schintler, Michael Kohlhauser |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40682 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |