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Safety of body contouring surgery in an aging patient population.

Authors:
Yonatan Molad-Hayo Yair Shachar Neta Adler

J Plast Surg Hand Surg 2021 Oct 28:1-8. Epub 2021 Oct 28.

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.

The fastest-growing age group undergoing cosmetic procedures are those over age 60, i.e. the aging patient group. While advanced age is a known predictor for increased surgical complications, the effects of age on complications in specific plastic procedures have yet to be thoroughly investigated. To determine the relationship between increased age and risk of surgical complications following body contouring procedures, specifically: abdominoplasty, brachioplasty, mastopexy, bilateral reduction, and thigh lift. A retrospective analysis of all patients undergoing body contouring procedures of the categories mentioned above between 2000-2018 at a tertiary university medical center. Patients were divided into two age groups: those below and those above, age 60. Data analysis included: demographics, underlying medical conditions, procedure type, and occurrence of postoperative complications (according to the Clavien-Dindo classification system). 803 body contouring procedures were identified, with 12% performed on the aging population. Aging patients had more underlying medical conditions than the younger ones. While the distribution of procedure type was similar in both groups, mastopexy was more common in aging patients. Of the 107 procedures identified as having complications, 37 were classified as grade I, 38 as grade II, and 32 as grade III. As a categorical variable, no relationship was found between the age of the patients and an increased risk of postoperative complications (age cut-off as 60). However, as a continuous variable, increased age did increase the overall risk of postoperative complications, although no optimal age as a cut-off point was identified. In multivariant analysis, diabetes mellitus with abdominoplasty was identified as a risk factor for postoperative complications. Conclusions: When undergoing body contouring procedures, we found that patients over the age of 60 are not at increased risk for postoperative complications than those under that age. Although age as a continuous variable was found to increase the overall postoperative complications, no optimal age could be defined as a cut-off point.

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