Renowned globally for its effectiveness and innovation in abdominal contour surgery, discover the pioneering TULUA Abdominoplasty technique, developed by Dr. Francisco Javier Villegas-Alzate. Offering first-of-its-kind coverage of this effective, alternative surgical technique, TULUA Abdominoplasty: Transverse Plication Technique provides expert, up-to-date guidance from international leaders in abdominoplasty. This comprehensive guide offers unparalleled insights and detailed, step-by-step instructions essential for modern plastic surgeons. Ideal for plastic surgeons seeking advanced techniques and unparalleled results, TULUA Abdominoplasty sets a new standard in surgical excellence and patient care.
Provides complete, authoritative coverage, including technical tips and personal approaches from international leading experts in abdominoplasty.
Richly illustrated with clinical case photos and diagrams, providing visual clarity on procedural techniques.
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Edited by Francisco Javier Villegas-Alza, MD, Clínica San Francisco, Tuluá, Valle, Colombia. Clinical Professor of post-graduate plastic surgery at Universidad del Valle (Univalle), Cali, Colombia. Professor of medicine at Unidad Central del Valle (UCEVA), Tuluá, Valle, Colombia


1. Essentials of Anterior Abdominal Wall Anatomy for Abdominoplasty
2. Surface Abdominal Anatomy, Aesthetics, and Proportionality
3. History and Evolution in Abdominoplasties: Evolving to the TULUA Concept
4. Developments for a Safer Lipoabdominoplasty
5. From ELMA to TULUA
6. Abdominal Wall Laxity Correction With Plicatures
7. The Origins and Experience of the Transverse Plication During Abdominoplasty in Colombia, Its Uses, Evolution, and Scope
8. Neoumbilicoplasty
9. Complications and Prevention Pearls in Lipoabdominoplasty
10. TULUA Abdominoplasty, Animal Experiments
11. TULUA Paradigm Shifting: Detailed Description of the Concepts That Originated the Technique
12. TULUA: A Surgical Guide to the Basic Technique
13. TULUA Corrects and Prevents Primary or Secondary Upper Abdomen Redundancy
14. TULUA Hernio-Abdominoplasty: Hernia Management During Abdominoplasty
15. TULUA Abdominoplasty in Postbariatric Patients
16. Secondary TULUA Lipoabdominoplasty
17. How to Prevent and Solve Complications of Previous Abdominoplasties and Liposuction With TULUA
18. Avoiding Tissue Necrosis After Abdominoplasty in the Patient With Subcostal Scars Using TULUA Lipoabdominoplasty
19. TULUA Lipoabdominoplasty Resects More Tissue Than Conventional Methods While Still Maintaining a Low Scar Placement
20. TULUA with Additional Vertical Plicature: The Combination of Vertical and Transverse Plications Adds Advantages
21. TULUA-HD: High-definition Liposuction Combined With Transverse Plicature Abdominoplasty
22. TULUA With Abdominal Volumization Using Intramuscular Fat Grafting
23. Caldeira-Midi-TULUA Abdominoplasty: Incomplete Subumbilical Resection, and Neoumbilicoplasty During Lipoabdominoplasty
24. LIPO-MIT Mini-TULUA : Liposuction With Anatomical Definition, Infraumbilical Resection, Short Incision, and Transverse Plicature
25. TULUA-DIEP: Optimizing Abdominal Donor Site During Free Flap Breast Reconstruction Using Transverse Plication Abdominoplasty
26. TULUA-Hemi DIEP: Donor Abdominoplasty Following Flap Banking For Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction
27. Pregnancy After TULUA
28. Female External Genitalia in the Context of Transverse Plication TULUA Abdominoplasty
29. TULUA in a Kidney Transplant Patient: Case Report and Literature Review About Aesthetic Surgery in Transplanted Patients
30. FLORIDA Abdominoplasty
31. LIMA Abdominoplasty: Liposculpture, Mixed Musculoaponeurotic Plication, and Abdominoplasty With Neoumbilicoplasty
32. Lipoabdominoplasty and Abdominal Wall Correction With the Crossbow Plication. (The Paranense Brazil Experience)
33. The India Experience With TULUA: A Subcontinent Introduction to the New Abdominoplasty Era
34. The Arabic Experience With TULUA: Personal Experiences and Specific Indications and Modifications to Introduce the TULUA Abdominoplasty Technique in the Middle East
35. The Buenos Aires Experience: Drainless, Awake, and Tumescent TULUA Abdominoplasty
36. The Paraguayan Experience Introducing TULUA: A Paradigm Change in Abdominoplasty
37. Teaching TULUA Abdominoplasty: Its Application in the en bloc Resection Technique
38. Usefulness and Implementation of the TULUA Technique in a Private Practice Service in Mar del Plata, Argentina
39. TULUA: Expert Discussion About Its Principles, Questions to Solve, Safety Concerns, and Its Future
40. Cirque du Soleil and the TULUA Technique Antidotes to the Traditional Abdominoplasty
41. Abdominoplasty: State-of-the-Art
42. TULUA Abdominoplasty in Patients After Massive Weight Loss
43. TULUA and Oblique Flankplasty: A Marriage to Reshape the 360-Degree Torso
44. Male TULUA-HD Abdominoplasty: Emergency TULUA, Safety and Tips for Successful Outcomes
45. Vibration Amplification of Sound Energy at Resonance (VASER) Circumferential Liposuction and Lipoabdominoplasty: A New Frontier, Complementing and Challenging TULUA Abdominoplasty
46. TULUA-nha: Lipoabdominoplasty With Definition + TULUA
47. Mastering the Lipoabdominoplasty: Superior Pull-Down, Miniabdominoplasty, and TULUA Techniques
48. First Experiences With the TULUA Abdominoplasty Technique in Germany
49. TULUA Abdominoplasty: How To Obtain the Best Results and Avoid Complications
50. CALP-TULUA: Incorporating TULUA in Divine Proportion CALP Abdominoplasty