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Pursestring thigh lift: direct approach for a problematic deformity.

Garcia JA, Driscoll DN, Donelan MB

Division of Plastic Surgery, Shriners Burns Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Extreme thigh lipodystrophy localized in a "saddlebag" distribution can be difficult to treat with conventional body-lift approaches. We present a case of extreme thigh lipodystrophy treated with suction lipectomy and direct excision of skin and fat. The circular defects were closed with pursestring sutures and yielded a greatly improved contour and minimal iatrogenic deformity or scarring. In properly selected patients, the pursestring thigh-lift can provide a superior esthetic result.

Published 24 August 2006 in Ann Plast Surg, 57(3): 330-2.
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