TULUA: Effects of Flap Undermining and Type of Wall Plicature in a Rat Model Abdominoplasty.

Background: TULUA, a transverse plication lipoabdominoplasty, which excludes elevation of the supraumbilical flap and includes a skin graft neoumbilicoplasty, claims greater safety and better results. An animal study was designed to compare it, with two current techniques.

Materials And Methods: Three matched groups of 12 rats had combined liposuction and abdominoplasty.