Concomitant Abdominal Procedures with Abdominoplasty ?? Patient Selection and Principles to Avoid Complications

Background: Combining abdominal surgeries with an abdominoplasty procedure can be done safely to achieve better outcomes in terms of early recovery, cost effectiveness, single hospitalisation and better cosmetic outcomes. Many patients coming to a general surgeon’s practice who have a pendulous abdomen should be given an option of having a concomitant surgery, which involves a panniculectomy. Methods: We present 12 patients that underwent combined abdominoplasty with various intraabdominal procedures from January 2018 to January 2020 and followed up for 1 year. Results: One patient had a wound infection that required drainage and antibiotics. Four patients had minor complications. Patients' satisfaction with the functional and cosmetic outcome of combined procedures has been impressive. Conclusion: Our experience confirms the basic safety of the combined surgery when done on appropriately selected patients.