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Aim: Excessive increase of weight followed by massive weight loss distorts the shape of the umbilicus as part of the affected skin of the abdomen. There is usually discrepancy between the elongated umbilicus at the time the patient was gaining excessive weight and the thinned abdominal wall after the massive weight loss. This study discusses a procedure that aims at restoring the shape of the umbilicus to its original shape as much as possible. Patients and Methods: In 4 years retrospective study from the 1st of March 2016 till the end of February 2020, the files of the patients who underwent abdominoplasty after massive weight loss with umbilicoplasty performed, as part of the procedure, were reviewed. In these patients the caudal part of the umbilicus at 6 o'clock site was excised in an oblique direction with slanting cut going to both 3 and 9 o'clock directions to shorten the elongated umbilicus keeping the cephalic part at 12 o'clock intact. This residual elongated cephalic part was utilized to make the shape of the hood of the umbilicus. A bolster suture was used at 12 o'clock to add a small depression above the hood. This technique gave the umbilicus the vertical "T" triangular shape with hooding. A questionnaire to assess patients' satisfaction regarding the shape, depth, location, size, scarring and overall result of the umbilicoplasty procedure was conducted. The questionnaire used a five-point Likert-type scale as follows: 1 (poor), 2 (fair), 3 (good), 4 (very good), and 5 (excellent). Results were collected and evaluated. Results: 197 patients underwent full abdominoplasty surgery during this 4 years study. Those who underwent umbilicoplasty during the abdominoplasty procedure were 34 patients. The results of the questionnaire could be obtained from 23 patients of them. Each patient gave a number from 1 -5 for each aspect of the questionnaire of the umbilicus shape, depth, location, size, scarring and overall result.
Aim: Excessive increase of weight followed by massive weight loss distorts the shape of the umbilicus as part of the affected skin of the abdomen. There is usually discrepancy between the elongated umbilicus at the time the patient was gaining excessive weight and the thinned abdominal wall after the massive weight loss. This study discusses a procedure that aims at restoring the shape of the umbilicus to its original shape as much as possible. Patients and Methods: In 4 years retrospective study from the 1st of March 2016 till the end of February 2020, the files of the patients who underwent abdominoplasty after massive weight loss with umbilicoplasty performed, as part of the procedure, were reviewed. In these patients the caudal part of the umbilicus at 6 o'clock site was excised in an oblique direction with slanting cut going to both 3 and 9 o'clock directions to shorten the elongated umbilicus keeping the cephalic part at 12 o'clock intact. This residual elongated cephalic part was utilized to make the shape of the hood of the umbilicus. A bolster suture was used at 12 o'clock to add a small depression above the hood. This technique gave the umbilicus the vertical "T" triangular shape with hooding. A questionnaire to assess patients' satisfaction regarding the shape, depth, location, size, scarring and overall result of the umbilicoplasty procedure was conducted. The questionnaire used a five-point Likert-type scale as follows: 1 (poor), 2 (fair), 3 (good), 4 (very good), and 5 (excellent). Results were collected and evaluated. Results: 197 patients underwent full abdominoplasty surgery during this 4 years study. Those who underwent umbilicoplasty during the abdominoplasty procedure were 34 patients. The results of the questionnaire could be obtained from 23 patients of them. Each patient gave a number from 1 -5 for each aspect of the questionnaire of the umbilicus shape, depth, location, size, scarring and overall result.
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