Leg Volume in Patients with Lipoedema following Bariatric Surgery.

Journal: Visceral medicine
Published Date: Oct 22, 2020

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Lipoedema is characterized as subcutaneous lipohypertrophy in association with soft-tissue pain affecting female patients. Recently, the disease has undergone a paradigm shift departing from historic reiterations of defining lipoedema in terms of classic edema paired with the notion of weight loss-resistant leg volume towards an evidence-based, patient-centered approach. Although lipoedema is strongly associated with obesity, the effect of bariatric surgery on thigh volume and weight loss has not been explored.

Authors

  • Jodok M Fink
    Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Center for Obesity and Metabolic Surgery, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
  • Lisa Schreiner
    Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Center for Obesity and Metabolic Surgery, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
  • Goran Marjanovic
    Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Center for Obesity and Metabolic Surgery, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
  • Gabriele Erbacher
    European Center for Lymphology Black Forest Germany, Specialist Clinic for Lymphology, Hinterzarten, Germany.
  • Gabriel J Seifert
    Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Center for Obesity and Metabolic Surgery, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
  • Martha Foeldi
    European Center for Lymphology Black Forest Germany, Specialist Clinic for Lymphology, Hinterzarten, Germany.
  • Tobias Bertsch
    European Center for Lymphology Black Forest Germany, Specialist Clinic for Lymphology, Hinterzarten, Germany.

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