Evidence-Based Body Contouring Surgery and VTE Prevention

Abstract

This is the first publication to include the words "body contouring surgery" and "evidence-based" in the same title. Plastic surgery textbooks are often titled some variation of "The Art of Plastic Surgery." This volume, like its sister publication, Evidence-Based Cosmetic Breast Surgery, focuses on science, relying on data rather than expert opinion. The source material has been published in the major peer-reviewed plastic surgery journals. Many of the conclusions challenge the status quo. The importance of evidence-based medicine is the theme of not only Chap. 1 but all of the chapters. Body contouring surgery is generally understood to mean surgery of the trunk and extremities, not the face, neck, or breasts. Accordingly, breast surgery, head and neck procedures, and labiaplasty are not included in this volume.