Colgajo de transposición adipomuscular de glúteo mayor para deformidades glúteas por pérdida masiva de peso / Transposition gluteal adipomuscle flap for massive weight loss gluteal deformities

Introducción y objetivo: La pérdida masiva de peso provoca múltiples deformidades en el contorno corporal, incluida la región de los glúteos: pérdida de volumen y proyección, exceso de piel y ptosis tisular generalizada que dan lugar a antiestéticas deformidades. La reconstrucción quirúrgica de la región glútea en estos pacientes mediante lipoinjertos de grasa, colgajos adipocutáneos o colocación de implantes glúteos, arroja resultados subóptimos. El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar la versatilidad del colgajo de transposición adipomuscular de glúteo mayor en este tipo de deformidad. Material y método: Realizamos 20 remodelaciones glúteas con colgajo de transposición adipomuscular del glúteo mayor. Resultados: Los 20 pacientes fueron mujeres, con edades entre 33 y 61 años (media de 45 años). El colgajo de transposición adipomuscular de glúteo mayor se utilizó en combinación con lifting inferior circunferencial en 15 casos (75%), con lifting de glúteos escisional en 4 (20%) y en 1 caso secundario de deformidad provocada por colocación de implantes glúteos (5%). Conclusiones: En nuestra práctica clínica, el colgajo de transposición adipomuscular del glúteo mayor permite obtener buenos resultados estéticos en las deformidades glúteas posteriores a la pérdida masiva de peso en diferentes escenarios clínicos y en combinación con otros procedimientos, como el lifting circunferencial inferior o el escisional. También se puede realizar en procedimientos secundarios tras resultados insatisfactorios con la colocación de implantes glúteos. (AU)

Background and objective: Massive weight loss causes multiple body contour deformities, including the gluteal region. Volume and projection loss, excess skin associated with tissue ptosis lead to unsightly deformities of the gluteal contour. Surgical reconstruction of the gluteal region in these patients through fatgrafts, adipocutaneous flaps or gluteal implants have shown suboptimal results. The goal of this work is to present the versality of the transposition gluteus adipomuscular flap in these type of deformities. Methods: Twenty gluteal remodeling surgeries were performed using the transposition gluteus adipomuscular flap. Results: The 20 patients were women, aged between 33 and 61 years (mean 45 years). The transposition gluteus maximus adipomuscular flap was used in combination with lower bodylift in 15 cases (75%), with excisional gluteal lifting in 4 (20%) and in 1 secondary case of deformity caused by gluteal implant placement (5%). Conclusions: In our practice, the transposition gluteus adipomuscular flap allows good aesthetic results to be obtained in gluteal deformities after massive weight loss, namely in different clinical scenarios in combination with other procedures, such as the lower bodylift or the excisional gluteal lifting. It can also be performed in secondary procedures after unsatisfactory results using gluteal implants. (AU)

Buttock Lifting with Polypropylene Strips.

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of gluteal suspension with polypropylene strips. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Ninety healthy female patients between the ages of 20 and 50 years (mean, 26 years), who wished to remodel their buttocks from December 2004 to February 2013 were studied retrospectively. All 90 patients were treated with 2 strips of polypropylene on each buttock using the following procedures: 27 (30 %) patients were suspended with polypropylene strips; 63 (70 %) patients were treated with tumescent liposuction in the sacral "V", lower back, supragluteal regions, and flanks to improve buttocks contour (aspirated volume of fat from 350 to 800 cc); 16 (18 %) patients underwent fat grafting in the subcutaneous and intramuscular layers (up to 300 cc in each buttock to increase volume); 5 (6 %) patients received implants to increase volume; and 4 (4.4 %) patients underwent removal and relocation of intramuscular gluteal implants to improve esthetics. RESULTS: Over an 8-year period, 90 female patients underwent gluteal suspension surgeries. Good esthetic results without complications were obtained in 75 of 90 (84 %) cases. Complications occurred in 15 of 90 (16.6 %) patients, including strip removal due to postoperative pain in 1 (1.1 %) patient, and seroma in both subgluteal sulci in 3 (3.3 %) patients. CONCLUSION: The results of this study performed in 90 patients over 8 years showed that the suspension with polypropylene strips performed as a single procedure or in combination with other cosmetic methods helps to enhance and lift ptosed gluteal and paragluteal areas. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE IV: This journal requires that the authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266.