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Patient-Reported Outcomes of Liposuction for Lipedema Treatment

Background: Lipedema, as a disabling and consequential disease, is gaining more awareness due to its potential omnipresence. Patients suffering from lipedema show a characteristic painful display of symmetric accumulations of adipose tissue. The combination of swelling, pain and decreased quality of...

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Autores principales: Kirstein, Fiona, Hamatschek, Matthias, Knors, Henning, Aitzetmueller-Klietz, Marie-Luise, Aitzetmueller-Klietz, Matthias, Wiebringhaus, Philipp, Varnava, Charalampos, Hirsch, Tobias, Kueckelhaus, Maximilian
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10379396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37510461
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11142020
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author Kirstein, Fiona
Hamatschek, Matthias
Knors, Henning
Aitzetmueller-Klietz, Marie-Luise
Aitzetmueller-Klietz, Matthias
Wiebringhaus, Philipp
Varnava, Charalampos
Hirsch, Tobias
Kueckelhaus, Maximilian
author_facet Kirstein, Fiona
Hamatschek, Matthias
Knors, Henning
Aitzetmueller-Klietz, Marie-Luise
Aitzetmueller-Klietz, Matthias
Wiebringhaus, Philipp
Varnava, Charalampos
Hirsch, Tobias
Kueckelhaus, Maximilian
author_sort Kirstein, Fiona
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description Background: Lipedema, as a disabling and consequential disease, is gaining more awareness due to its potential omnipresence. Patients suffering from lipedema show a characteristic painful display of symmetric accumulations of adipose tissue. The combination of swelling, pain and decreased quality of life (QOL) is outstanding for the diagnosis. The aim of this study was to identify the effect of liposuction in terms of the QOL for patients and underline important factors of current and pending research regarding surgical therapy of lipoedema. Methods: Patients suffering from lipedema prior to and after receiving liposuction at our hospital were included in this study. Patients completed a lipedema-specific self-designed 50 item questionnaire: the World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) and the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9). A linear mixed model was used for outcome analysis. Results: In total, 511 patients completed a questionnaire prior to the surgery at primary presentation to the hospital and a total number of 56 patients completed a questionnaire after liposuction. A total of 34 of these patients filled in both questionnaires prior to and after surgery. The general characteristics of the disease, such as daily symptoms and psychological health, pertinently improved after surgery. Conclusions: Liposuction can have a general improving effect on the QOL of patients, both in private and professional life. Liposuction may currently be the most evident and promising method in the treatment of lipedema.
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spelling pubmed-103793962023-07-29 Patient-Reported Outcomes of Liposuction for Lipedema Treatment Kirstein, Fiona Hamatschek, Matthias Knors, Henning Aitzetmueller-Klietz, Marie-Luise Aitzetmueller-Klietz, Matthias Wiebringhaus, Philipp Varnava, Charalampos Hirsch, Tobias Kueckelhaus, Maximilian Healthcare (Basel) Article Background: Lipedema, as a disabling and consequential disease, is gaining more awareness due to its potential omnipresence. Patients suffering from lipedema show a characteristic painful display of symmetric accumulations of adipose tissue. The combination of swelling, pain and decreased quality of life (QOL) is outstanding for the diagnosis. The aim of this study was to identify the effect of liposuction in terms of the QOL for patients and underline important factors of current and pending research regarding surgical therapy of lipoedema. Methods: Patients suffering from lipedema prior to and after receiving liposuction at our hospital were included in this study. Patients completed a lipedema-specific self-designed 50 item questionnaire: the World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) and the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9). A linear mixed model was used for outcome analysis. Results: In total, 511 patients completed a questionnaire prior to the surgery at primary presentation to the hospital and a total number of 56 patients completed a questionnaire after liposuction. A total of 34 of these patients filled in both questionnaires prior to and after surgery. The general characteristics of the disease, such as daily symptoms and psychological health, pertinently improved after surgery. Conclusions: Liposuction can have a general improving effect on the QOL of patients, both in private and professional life. Liposuction may currently be the most evident and promising method in the treatment of lipedema. MDPI 2023-07-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10379396/ /pubmed/37510461 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11142020 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Hamatschek, Matthias
Knors, Henning
Aitzetmueller-Klietz, Marie-Luise
Aitzetmueller-Klietz, Matthias
Wiebringhaus, Philipp
Varnava, Charalampos
Hirsch, Tobias
Kueckelhaus, Maximilian
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10379396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37510461
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11142020
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