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The use of panniculectomy in morbidly obese patients undergoing gynecological surgery.

Zyła M, Nowinska-Serwach A, Nowak M, Stetkiewicz T, Wilamowska A, Szpakowski A, Litwinska E, Baum M, Kajdos M, Rycel M, Wilczynski M, Wilczynski J.
Case Reports 2014; 35(2): 98-103 PubMed PMID: 24878982 Citation  Keywords:  Abdominoplasty:methods, Adenocarcinoma:complications, Female, Gynecologic Surgical Procedures:methods, Humans, Leiomyoma:complications, Middle Aged, Obesity, Morbid:complications, Uterine Neoplasms:complications,.   

: Panniculectomy is a surgical procedure that involves removal of the skin and fat excess which facilitates access to the peritoneal cavity. In the paper we present three cases of morbidly obese women (BMI: 46.3-59.5) who were treated in the Department of Gynecology and Oncological Gynecology in Lodz. One of the patients underwent an operation due to the presence of a large cervical myoma. Two another women were treated for endometrial cancer. During all of the three procedures panniculectomy was the first stage of the operation....

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