Escobar VH, Miquet RLM, Expósito JA, Espinosa RGE

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ABSTRACT

Rationale: Inadequate food habits and a sedentary life lead to obesity, and thus, to aesthetic dissatisfactions among persons. Persons are increasingly recurring to hospital Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery services for surgical corrections of body imperfections. Liposuction is a surgical technique aimed to improve the body silhouette by means of aspiration of fat depots in specific areas of the body. Objective: To describe changes occurring in the patient´s body composition after liposuction. Study design: Prospective, longitudinal, descriptive. Study location: Plastic Surgery Service, “Hermanos Ameijeiras” Clinical Surgical Hospital (Havana City, Cuba). Study serie: Forty-nine women (Average age: 34.4 ± 8.2 years) with abdominal lipodystrophy (Moderated: 91.8%) whom were treated by means of liposuction between September 2014 and December 2016. Methods: Changes occurred in muscle mass and total, regional and visceral fat until 12 months after liposuction were recorded. Results: An 11.1% (p < 0.05) and 3.5% (p < 0.05) reduction of waist and hip circumferences were seen 12 months after liposuction. Liposuction was associated with a 13.9% (p < 0.05) and 22.0% (p < 0.05) reduction of total and visceral body fat as estimated by bioimpedance was also seen. Decreased sum of 3 skinfolds was of 30.0% (p < 0.05). This reduction did not translate to the total body fat as estimated from the skinfolds sum. A 12.0% increase (p < 0.05) was observed in the skeletal muscle mass during the window observation. Conclusions: Liposuction produces changes in the fat and lean components of body composition. These changes are maintained 12 months after the surgical procedure.