Facelift surgery in post-bariatric surgery patients
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- Conditions
- Skin AgingE02.650.500.062
- Registration Number
- RBR-103yt9mm
- Lead Sponsor
- Escola Paulista de Medicina
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Data analysis completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Female patients; aged between 40 and 70 years-old; post-bariatric surgery; with stable weight for at least 3 months; presenting with complaints of rhytidosis and skin sagging in the face.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients previously submitted to facial surgery; implants or cosmetic procedures (either physical or chemical in the last 12 months); recent or uncontrolled clinical conditions (such as diabetes and hypertension); disorders of wound healing; autoimmune or collagen disorders; psychiatric conditions, smokers; patients in use of anticoagulant medications; corticosteroids; history of hypersensitivity to anesthesia; illiteracy.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Expected outcome 1:<br>No significant difference in self esteem variation (pre and post-operative) is to be expected when comparing post-bariatric patients submitted to rhytidoplasty with and without superficial musculoaponeurotic system plicature. <br>;Observed outcome 1:<br>There was no difference between control and intervention groups in regard to self-esteem variation before and after surgery.;Expected outcome 2:<br>Rhytidectomy surgery with plicature is expected to be better evaluated by an attending plastic surgeon in relation to the one without plicature in the post-bariatric patient.;Observed outcome 2:<br>Patients in the intervention group received better scores for satisfactory aesthetic results, after evaluation by five attending plastic surgeons with more than 5 years of experience in the field.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcomes are not expected.