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ANNALS OF PLASTIC SURGERY
Volume 65, Issue 2, Pages 129-134Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181c9c336
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massive weight loss; bariatric surgery; body contouring surgery
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Deformities caused by massive weight loss were originally subsidized at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran. This caused great economical losses, which led to the development of a classification to select patients with functional problems secondary to massive weight loss. The parameter used is the size of the pannus in relation to fixed anatomic structures within the following anatomic regions: abdomen, arms, thighs, mammary glands, lateral thoracic area, back, lumbar region, gluteal region, sacrum, and mons pubis. Grade 3 deformities are candidates for body contouring surgery because they constitute a functional problem. Grade 2 deformities reevaluated whether the patient has comorbidities. Lesser grades are considered aesthetic procedures and are not candidates for surgical rehabilitation at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran. This classification allowed an improvement in communication between the different surgical-medical specialties; therefore, we suggest its application not only for surgical-administrative reasons but also for academic purposes.
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