Shear Wave Elastography for Assessment of Changes in Abdominal Soft Tissues after Lipoabdominoplasty

• Published in: Aesthetic plastic surgery Vol. 48; no. 14; pp. 2668 - 2676
• Main Authors: Zhou, Renpeng, Ding, Angang, Lyu, Dongze, Wang, Chen, Wang, Danru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.07.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdomen; Abdominal Muscles - diagnostic imaging; Abdominal Wall - diagnostic imaging; Abdominal Wall - surgery; Adult; Cohort Studies; Elasticity Imaging Techniques - methods; Female; Humans; Lipoabdominoplasty - methods; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Original Articles; Otorhinolaryngology; Plastic Surgery; Retrospective Studies; Subcutaneous Tissue - diagnostic imaging; Subcutaneous Tissue - surgery; Treatment Outcome; Ultrasonic imaging; Elasticity; Lipoabdominoplasty; Shear wave elastography; Soft tissue; Abdomen

Background The changes in the elasticity of the abdominal skin, subcutaneous tissues and muscles after lipoabdominoplasty are still unknown. The aim of this study was to provide an objective assessment of tissue elasticity after lipoabdominoplasty using ultrasound elastography. Methods A total of 21...