ABSTRACT
The patients treated by the Plastic Surgery and Microsurgery Department of the Santa Casa de Misericórdia in Porto Alegre are referred via the Unified Health System (SUS) and have as main indication adbome in an apron secondary to the great loss of weight or gestation. Between January and December 2018, a total of 28 patients underwent abdominoplasty, all of them operated by the same resident doctor and the same advisor of the Plastic Surgery Service. All were women aged 25-69 years (mean 42.29 years) and had a body mass index (BMI) of less than 30. Of these, five patients (17.86%) had undergone bariatric surgery. In this review, the data obtained by the Department of Plastic Surgery and Microsurgery of the Santa Casa de Misericórdia of Porto Alegre were shown according to the medical literature.
Keywords: Abdominoplasty; Abdominal obesity; Plastic surgery