Comparative study of treatment results of abdominoplasty various method depending on abdomen form at 82 patients demonstrates advantages of tense-lateral type over other methods. This type of abdominoplasty was performed at 32 cases including 14 patients with pear-shaped form of abdomen and 18 patients with dome-shaped form. There were no complications. All the complications have occurred after classical abdominoplasty.

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