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Satisfaction and Quality-of-Life Issues in Body Contouring Surgery Patients: a Qualitative Study

Abstract

BackgroundBody contouring, which encompasses a range of surgical procedures on different areas of the body, is one of the most rapidly growing areas of plastic surgery. Little is known about outcomes from the perspective of post-weight loss body contouring patients. The aim of our qualitative study was to identify the health and aesthetic concerns of such patients through in-depth patient interviews.MethodsForty-three bariatric surgery …

Authors

Klassen AF; Cano SJ; Scott A; Johnson J; Pusic AL

Journal

Obesity Surgery, Vol. 22, No. 10, pp. 1527–1534

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

October 2012

DOI

10.1007/s11695-012-0640-1

ISSN

0960-8923