2005
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-004-0078-5
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Evaluation of Cutaneous Abdominal Wall Sensibility After Abdominoplasty

Abstract: Changes in cutaneous sensibility are common after diverse plastic surgical procedures. Although prior studies examined aesthetic results, combined procedures, and new abdominoplasty techniques, few examined the effect of undermining on cutaneous sensibility. This study aimed to analyze and quantify cutaneous sensibility after classic abdominoplasty. Two groups of patients were studied: a control group of 10 patients without surgery and another group of 25 patients who had undergone classic abdominoplasty. The … Show more

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“…Similar areas of numbness following musculocutaneous flap for abdominoplasty or mammoplasty have been described. Areas of burns from heating pads and hot water bottles have also been reported 41–46…”
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confidence: 96%
“…Similar areas of numbness following musculocutaneous flap for abdominoplasty or mammoplasty have been described. Areas of burns from heating pads and hot water bottles have also been reported 41–46…”
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confidence: 96%
“…A los 3 meses de la intervención hubo ausencia del tacto superficial, del dolor, de la temperatura y de la discriminación de 2 puntos en el área 8, siendo la zona en la cual todas las pacientes presentaron alteración de la sensibilidad. La razón por la cual la región 8 es la más afectada está en que los nervios cutáneos anteriores perforan las vainas de los rectos del abdomen para luego ir al tejido subcutáneo y la piel; esta trayectoria resulta lesionada al elevar el colgajo abdominal durante la abdominoplastia (10)(11)(12). Estos hallazgos son consistentes con los datos encontrados en los primeros estudios de la sensibilidad del abdomen, aunque difieren de los resultados del estudio de Fels y col. en el cual no hubo anestesia táctil en ningún área del abdomen (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12).…”
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“…Sensory loss in the abdominal skin has been described in a few reports after abdominoplasty 1, 2. Sensory nerves supplying the abdominal skin are divided during abdominoplasty, and this may lead to altered cutaneous sensation post‐surgery.…”
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“…In an uninformed patient, this may lead to thermal injury such as heating pad burns 3. This sensory loss can persist for months after abdominoplasty and may affect all modalities of sensation, including superficial touch, pain, and temperature 1, 2. Thermal injury to anesthetic skin has also been reported infrequently after other plastic surgery operations, including breast reconstruction and reconstruction by muscle or musculocutaneous flaps 4, 5…”
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