Assessing Improvement in Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction following Body Contouring Surgery in Patients with Massive Weight Loss: A Critical Review of Outcome Measures Employed

Table 2

Summary of characteristics of studies cited for this review.

Study	Number of patients	Procedure(s)	Control group	Pyschosocial function assessed	Quality of life assessed	Average weight loss following bariatric surgery	Study design: prospective (P)/retrospective (R)	Mean age
Lazar et al. [11]	41 (32 females, 9 males)	Abdominoplasty	No	Yes	Yes	40.2 kg	R	Median age 38 years
Song et al. [12]	18 (16 females, 2 males)	Panniculectomy or abdominoplasty; Eleven patients underwent lower body lift or breast reduction or brachioplasty	No	Yes	Yes	138±76 lbs	P	46±10 years
Cintra Jr. et al. [13]	16 (all females)	Abdominoplasty	No	Yes	Yes	23.8 kg/m^2	R	40.1±8 years
Stuerz et al. [14]	34 (30 females, 4 males)	Abdominoplasty	Yes	Yes	Yes	16 kg/m^2	P	37.1±9.3 years
Pecori et al. [15]	10 (all females)	Abdominoplasty (7), leg and/or arm lifts (8), torsoplasty (2)	Yes	Yes	No	49 kg	R	Range 28–56 years
Lanier [16]	50 (28 females, 22 males)	Abdominoplasty (24), facelift (18) Reduction mammaplasty (10) Blepharoplasty (8), mastopexy (8), thigh reduction (5), arm reduction (2)	No	Yes	No	126 lbs	R	Not stated
Menderes et al. [17]	11 (7 females, 4 males)	Abdominoplasty (11), reduction mammaplasty (3), lateral thigh lift (2), gynaecomastia (3), medial thigh lift (1), liposuction (3)	No	Yes	No	57.6 kg	R	37.4 years
Van Der Beek et al. [18]	43 (41 females, 2 males)	Primarily abdominoplasty and breast reduction/augmentation	No	No	Yes	51.3 kg	R	41.5 years
Singh et al. [19]	104 (85 females, 19 males)	Unspecified	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	R	42
Coriddi et al. [20]	49 (40 females, 9 males)	Panniculectomy and abdominoplasty	No	Yes	Yes	21.5 k/m^2	P	45.8
Klassen et al. [21]	43 (40 females, 3 males)	Abdominoplasty (31), liposuction (18), Upper arm lift (14), breast lift (10), lift (9), buttock lift (6)	No	Yes	Yes	N/A	R	47