Índice de masa corporal como factor de riesgo para complicaciones posterior a procesos estéticos

Abstract

The growing obesity pandemic is an undeniable public health problem. Among the management strategies, bariatric surgery has occupied a chief role in the last decade. This has increased the need of the population for esthetic procedures such as abdominoplasty and mastopexy, and many others, with the objective of improving patients’ body image. However, in addition to the inherent risk of any surgical procedure, overweight and obese patients have greater risk. It has been shown that body mass index (BMI) acts as a predictive factor for postoperative complications such as wound infections, longer hospital stays, increased reoperation rates, and higher mortality. Thus, it is important to assess the risk-benefit relationship in the preoperative evaluation, considering patients’ BMI along with any other risk factors that may be present. The objective of this review is to assess the clinical evidence showing that BMI is a risk factor for complications following esthetic procedures.