Subject Area
Surgery
Article Type
Original Study
Abstract
background: Exponential increasing in bariatric surgery and other modalities of weight loss had led to increasing the numbers of patients seeking for post-bariatric surgery to correct the post weight loss deformities, brachioplasty is one of these surgeries that has an increasing demand over the last two decades. As the placement of the scar is one of the critical concerns of the patient and one of the major determinants of the patient’s satisfaction. We had chosen two varieties of the scar placement (medial and posteromedial) to compare them in terms of clinical outcome and patients’ satisfaction.
Method: We applied this study to two equal groups of patients, 17 each. We compare the rate of early and late complications and the quality of the scar for each group, in addition to this, we develop a custom-made questionnaire to test for patients’ satisfaction.
Results: The clinical outcome and the scar quality was better in the posteromedial group but it wasn`t statistically significant, but the patient’s satisfaction was in favor to the posteromedial group and the difference was statistically significant (p=0.010),
Conclusions: our date suggests that in brachioplasty using the posteromedial scar placement approach would be the optimal choice for the patients
Recommended Citation
Elhanafi, Ahmed A.; Kishk, Tarek F.; and Hassan, Medhat S.
(2024)
"Clinical Outcome and Patient Satisfaction with Medial Versus Posteromedial Brachioplasty Scar A Comparative Study,"
Menoufia Medical Journal: Vol. 37:
Iss.
3, Article 10.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59204/2314-6788.2928
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