Patients suffering from the discomfort caused by the excessive loose skin following bariatric surgery
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients suffering from skin folds after bariatric surgery. 2. Patients are followed over one year after bariatric surgery. 3. Consecutive 3 monthly body weight changes are within 5 % of excessive body weight. The calculation of excessive body weight are pre-bariatric surgery weight minus ideal body weight.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1, severe cardiac failure, major pulmonary dysfunction 2, patients who cannot be followed or denied to be followed up 3, pregnant patients 4, patients with coagulopathy 5, patients who are attending other experimental protocol
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assessment of body contouring by photograph at post op. 6 month, 12month | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Post operative conplications 2. Patient satisfaction at post op. 6 month, 12month | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Graduate School of Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery