Body Contouring after Massive Weight Loss

408 Pages·2006·113.67 MB·English

by  Al Aly

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AFTER MASSIVE WEIGHT LOSS

Loss
AFTER MASSIVE WEIGHT
EDITED BY
Al S. Aly,
MD, FACS
Private Practice, Iowa City Plastic Surgery, Coralville, Iowa
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
Amanda Y. Behr, MA, CMI
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To
my two children, Adam and Hana
the best I have produced,
and whom I love more than life itself

CONTRJ5UTORS
SiamakAgha-Mohammadi, BSc, MBBChir, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Marguerite E. Aitken, MD, MFA
Clinical Instructor, Department of Plastic Surgery, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids,
Michigan
Al S. Aly, MD, FACS
Private Practice, Iowa City Plastic Surgery, Coralville, Iowa
Cynthia K. Buffington, PhD
Director, Department of Research, U.S. Bariatric, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Orlando,
Florida
Albert E. Cram, MD, FACS
Professor Emeritus, Department of Surgery, University oflowa, Iowa City; Iowa City Plastic
Surgery, Coralville, Iowa
Joseph P. Hunstad, MD, FACS
Assistant Consulting Professor, Department of Surgery, Section of Plastic Surgery, Duke
University Medical Center, Durham; Section Hea4 Section of Plastic Surgery, Department
of Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center-University, Charlotte, North Carolina
tTed E. Lockwood, MD, FACS
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Kansas Medical
School, Kansas City, Kansas
Robert T. Marema, MD, FACS
Chief Executive Officer and Director, U.S. Bariatric, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Constantino G. Mendieta, MD, FACS
Private Practice, Coconut Grove, Florida
James P. O'Toole, MD
Body Contouring Fellow, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical
Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Bum Fellow/Plastic Surgery Fellow, Division of Plastic
Surgery, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, New York
tDeceased.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Michael A. Perez, MD, FACS
Surgeon, U.S. Bariatric, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Eneida 0. Roldan, MD, MPH, MBA
Past Chairman, American Board of Bariatric Medicine; Board of Trustees, American Society
of Bariatric Medicine, Denver, Colorado; Medical Director and Consultant, Private Practice,
Miami, Florida
J. Peter Rubin, MD
Director, Life After Weight Loss; Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania