Quality of life analysis in patients submitted to circumferential abdominoplasty after surgical treatment of the morbid obesity / Análise da qualidade de vida de pacientes submetidos a abdominoplastia circunferencial após tratamento cirúrgico da obesidade mórbida

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2006

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INTRODUCTION: Morbid obesity patients submitted to surgical treatment through disabsorptive/restrictive procedures, after considerable weight loss, may present skin and fat excess throughout different body regions, frequently associated with restrictions on personal hygiene and deambulation, greater incidence of skin infections, body image dissatisfaction, worsening of self-steem and of professional and affective relationships, besides down grading quality of life in general. On those patients that present skin and fat excess on the abdomen, flanks and gluteal ptosis, the circumferential abdominoplasty has demonstrated to be an effective surgical solution. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the modifications on the quality of life of patients that underwent circumferential abdominoplasty on affective/relational, professional, social and organic aspects. METHODS: Sixteen female patients that underwent circumferential abdominoplasty between August 2000 and January 2005 were followed on the outpatient clinic of the Plastic Surgery Division of the Hospital das Clínicas of the University of São Paulo, and were submitted to semi-directed psychological interviews that consisted in 31 questions whose answers were tabulated and separated in categories. One used the Operational Adaptive Diagnostic Scale (OADS) and observing the adaptive patterns as the main criterion, the answers were classified as fairly, poorly and least poorly adequate. Through grades attributed to each answer, it was possible to evaluate quantitatively the four aspects of observation (affective/relational, professional, social and organic) and to establish a classification of the patients relative to their adaptive adequacy. RESULTS: On the aspect affective/relational, ten patients (62.5%) presented fairly adequate answers and five (31.25%) poorly adequate ones. On the productivity aspect, 10 patients (62.5%) presented fairly adequate answers and four (25%) poorly adequate ones. On the social/cultural aspect, 13 patients (81.25%) presented fairly adequate answers. On the organic aspect, 10 patients (62.5%) presented maximum grades in all evaluated criteria. Seven patients (43.75%) presented effective adaptation and six (37.5%) slightly ineffective. CONCLUSIONS: The qualitatively and quantitatively analysis made through OADS showed that there was effective benefit to the patients submitted to circumferential abdominoplasty on the physical, professional, social and organic aspects.

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abdomen/surgery dobras cutâneas lipectomy abdome/cirurgia cirurgia plástica morbid obesity qualidade de vida obesidade mórbida plastic surgery quality of life obesity skinfold thickness obesidade lipectomia

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