Thighplasty after bariatric surgery: evaluation of lymphatic drainage in lower extremities.

Background: Bariatric surgery for morbid obesity achieves an accentuated weight loss, with skin and soft tissue redundancy in some corporal segments, including the thighs. The thigh lift is a plastic surgery that improves this redundant tissue in the medial thigh area, but this surgical procedure may have complications, such as inferior migration of the scar, delayed wound healing, vulvar distortion, and lymphatic system alterations.

Methods: To evaluate the effect of the thighplasty on the lymphatic system, 14 patients were prospectively included in this study.

[Predictors of choledocholithiasis in patients sustaining acute biliary pancreatitis].

Background: To assess the role of alkaline phosphatase (AP), gamil-glutamyltransferase (gammaGT) and abdominal ultrasound (US) as predictors of choledocholithiasis in patients sustaining acute biliary pancreatitis.

Methods: Data was prospectively collected during a period of 31 months. Forty patients were included, 30 were female and the mean age was 49 +/- 16.