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. 2023 Jun 2;10(1):2215868. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2023.2215868

Table 1.

Demonstrate the reported case reports of pregnancy after abdominoplasty in the literature.

Autor/year Patient age/ gravidity Time between pregnancy after abdominoplasty (months) Complications Delivery route and gestational age Birth weight Aesthetic abdominal changes/follow-up time (months)
Peter Menz 1996 [8] 37/G4P3A1 36 months/(abortion)
60 months/(2°pregnancy)
Voluntary termination of pregnancy after medical advice Elective cesarean section at term ‘Normal’ N/D
Fabio Xerhan Nahas
2002 [4]
25/G2 30 months None cesarean section at 38 weeks 3250 g Normal/15 months plication preserved
Borman Huseyin
2002 [9]
34/G3P2 2 months None N/D N/D Normal/12 months
Stephen D. Wallach
2002 [10]
24/G3P3 9 months None Vaginal N/D N/D
Ahmed Assas, et al.
2011 [11]
32/G1P0 60 months Insufficient regional anaesthesia Cesarean section (podalic) N/D N/D
I.W Darfelt; E.K Aasvang.
2014 [12]
32/N/D 24 months Insufficient regional anaesthesia cesarean section N/D N/D
Faessen JL et al. 2020 [5] 32/G3 12 months None Vaginal N/D No excess skin or striae was visible at clinical examination.
No signs of rectus diastasis on physical examination or ultrasound.
Averbuch Sagie R et al. 2022 [3]** Mean 30.1/N/D
32 patients
Mean 37.2 months
Range 0–9 months
1 Miscarriage
1 Emergency C-section
5 Late preterm births
N/D N/D New abdominal wall hernia 6.3%
New stretch marks 50%
Abdominal scar expansion 28.1%
Abdominal bulging 25.8%
Villegas F Villegas JD 2020 TULUA case [7] 24/G2 8 months None Vaginal Normal Normal aesthetics, no wall laxity
Verónica María Pimentel †
2016 [13]
Average
33.7/2.7
99 patients
N/D N/D Vaginal 50.5%
Cesarean section 49.5%
Similar to the general population N/D

n = 99 patients. **32 patients; N/D: non-described.

Permission was obtained to reuse the table, reference [7].