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tuck1 CONSTRUCTTummy tuckMATARASSO · 1991

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Plastic surgery

abdominoplasty, removing excess lower-abdominal skin and fat and tightening the abdominal wall for a flatter contour.

In plastic surgery, a tummy tuck is abdominoplasty: the removal of excess lower-abdominal skin and fat and the plication (tightening) of the abdominal wall's fascia to produce a flatter, firmer contour, often after pregnancy or major weight loss. Matarasso's 1991 Abdominolipoplasty: A system of classification and treatment set out a scheme matching the extent of surgery to how much skin laxity and fat a patient has. The referent is a reconstructive procedure and its classification, and it shares only the colloquial name with a seamstress's fold or an aerial tuck.[1]

Unit
The skin and fat removed and the degree of abdominal-wall tightening achieved
Recovery means
Healing of the incision and wall plication over the weeks after surgery
Measured by
Established by the classification of skin laxity and fat, and assessed by the postoperative abdominal contour and complications

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References

  1. Matarasso, A. (1991). Abdominolipoplasty: A system of classification and treatment for combined abdominoplasty and suction-assisted lipectomy. Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 15(1), 111–121. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02273843

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