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 8
Description of patient groups in the study carried out by Pecori et al. [15].
Group
Number of patients
Description
OB group
20
Morbidly obese women prior to biliopancreatic diversion (BPD)
POST group
20
>2 years following BPD
POST-A group
10
Postobese women following BPD who required cosmetic procedures
POST-B group
10
Postobese women after BPD and subsequent cosmetic surgery
