Solid Organ Transplantation and Body Contouring Surgery: A Case Series and Single-Center Experience
Philipp Tratnig-Frankl, Andrea Wiland, Christian Freystätter, Eva Placheta-Györi, Christine Radtke · 2026
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Description
Tratnig-Frankl and co-authors ask whether people who have received a transplanted organ can safely undergo body contouring surgery. These operations remove loose skin and reshape the body, often after major weight loss. Such patients live on immune-suppressing drugs, which raise surgical risk, yet more of them now seek these quality-of-life procedures. The team reviewed their center's cases from 2010 to 2021 and found only four patients who fit the study's rules.
Those four had four complications between them, all at the mild end of the standard grading scale. The authors conclude the surgery looks safe in this group, with heavy caveats: the sample is tiny, and every case was chosen carefully by a joint team at a major center. For transplant recipients considering contouring, the series offers cautious encouragement and a clear condition — be assessed as a team case, not a routine one.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Philipp Tratnig-Frankl, Andrea Wiland, Christian Freystätter, Eva Placheta-Györi, Christine Radtke |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 14 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |