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Liposuction treatment improves disease‐specific quality of life in lipoedema patients

This study examined the disease‐specific quality of life (QoL) in lipoedema patients undergoing treatment for the condition with liposuction. We conducted a retrospective analysis of all patients (n = 69) who underwent liposuction for treatment of lipoedema between 2004 and 2019, and gathered data o...

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Autores principales: Schlosshauer, Torsten, Heiss, Christian, von Hollen, Ann‐Kathrin, Spennato, Stefano, Rieger, Ulrich M.
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Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8613387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33955179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/iwj.13608
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author Schlosshauer, Torsten
Heiss, Christian
von Hollen, Ann‐Kathrin
Spennato, Stefano
Rieger, Ulrich M.
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Heiss, Christian
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Spennato, Stefano
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description This study examined the disease‐specific quality of life (QoL) in lipoedema patients undergoing treatment for the condition with liposuction. We conducted a retrospective analysis of all patients (n = 69) who underwent liposuction for treatment of lipoedema between 2004 and 2019, and gathered data on patient age, body mass index, the number of liposuction sessions, and the amount of fat removed per side. The study also prospectively evaluated the QoL in 20 lipoedema patients before and after liposuction using the Freiburg Life Quality Assessment for lymphatic diseases questionnaire. The mean age was 50.6 ± 12.8 years, and the average number of liposuction sessions performed was 2.9 ± 1.9, with a mean volume of 1868 ± 885.5 mL of fat removed per side. Before treatment with liposuction, disease‐specific QoL in patients with lipoedema was low on every single subscale as well as on the global score and showed a significant improvement in all aspects after liposuction. There was a significant correlation between a higher number of liposuction treatment sessions and general health status in lipoedema patients (P = .007). Liposuction greatly improves the QoL in lipoedema patients. A higher number of liposuction treatment sessions seem to have a positive effect on general health status in these patients.
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spelling pubmed-86133872021-11-30 Liposuction treatment improves disease‐specific quality of life in lipoedema patients Schlosshauer, Torsten Heiss, Christian von Hollen, Ann‐Kathrin Spennato, Stefano Rieger, Ulrich M. Int Wound J Original Articles This study examined the disease‐specific quality of life (QoL) in lipoedema patients undergoing treatment for the condition with liposuction. We conducted a retrospective analysis of all patients (n = 69) who underwent liposuction for treatment of lipoedema between 2004 and 2019, and gathered data on patient age, body mass index, the number of liposuction sessions, and the amount of fat removed per side. The study also prospectively evaluated the QoL in 20 lipoedema patients before and after liposuction using the Freiburg Life Quality Assessment for lymphatic diseases questionnaire. The mean age was 50.6 ± 12.8 years, and the average number of liposuction sessions performed was 2.9 ± 1.9, with a mean volume of 1868 ± 885.5 mL of fat removed per side. Before treatment with liposuction, disease‐specific QoL in patients with lipoedema was low on every single subscale as well as on the global score and showed a significant improvement in all aspects after liposuction. There was a significant correlation between a higher number of liposuction treatment sessions and general health status in lipoedema patients (P = .007). Liposuction greatly improves the QoL in lipoedema patients. A higher number of liposuction treatment sessions seem to have a positive effect on general health status in these patients. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2021-05-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8613387/ /pubmed/33955179 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/iwj.13608 Text en © 2021 The Authors. International Wound Journal published by Medicalhelplines.com Inc (3M) and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Schlosshauer, Torsten
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von Hollen, Ann‐Kathrin
Spennato, Stefano
Rieger, Ulrich M.
Liposuction treatment improves disease‐specific quality of life in lipoedema patients
title Liposuction treatment improves disease‐specific quality of life in lipoedema patients
title_full Liposuction treatment improves disease‐specific quality of life in lipoedema patients
title_fullStr Liposuction treatment improves disease‐specific quality of life in lipoedema patients
title_full_unstemmed Liposuction treatment improves disease‐specific quality of life in lipoedema patients
title_short Liposuction treatment improves disease‐specific quality of life in lipoedema patients
title_sort liposuction treatment improves disease‐specific quality of life in lipoedema patients
topic Original Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8613387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33955179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/iwj.13608
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