| LIPOSUCTION | PEER-REVIEW There has been minimal discussion concerning
satisfaction rates in high BMI liposuction patients. Within the literature, the following has been researched. When patients’ BMIs were included in an article about satisfaction after liposuction and abdominoplasty, 79.4% of those patients had a BMI less than 304
. In that study,
In addition to questions
about the patient’s surgery, the survey also asked a series of questions not
necessarily related to the procedure in order to
improve our own practice’s system and office procedures. These
questions were answered on a scale of 1 to 5.
Table 2 Satisfaction scores by BMI
BMI 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Avg Score 4.50 3.33 4.23 3.51 3.61 3.78 3.69 3.50 3.58 3.81 3.78 3.49 3.71 3.90 3.76 3.75 3.49 3.78 3.74 3.74 3.38 3.15 3.04 3.20 4.00 3.00
n 2 6 13 50 55 97 125 119 120 209 138 137 115 110 92 96 92 92 36 31 24 13 27 5 4 3
% of Total 0.1% 0.3% 0.7% 2.8% 3.0% 5.4% 6.9% 6.6% 6.6% 11.5% 7.6% 7.6% 6.4% 6.1% 5.1% 5.3% 5.1% 5.1% 2.0% 1.7% 1.3% 0.7% 1.5% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2%
Figure 1 Satisfaction scores by BMI (n= 1,826) 01/09/2013 – 30/08/2014
5.00 4.50 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 0.50 0.00
15 20 25 BMI
prime-journal.com | January/February 2016 37 30 35 40 45
surveys were conducted by in-person interviews of 360 patients, and the results demonstrated an 82.5% satisfaction rate ‘of liposuction patients whose results met or exceeded their expectations.’ That study compared its results to other studies which documented satisfaction rates ranging from 76 to 85%. However, one must realize that this data collecting was done through face-to-face biased interviewers, where patients were possibly influenced in giving their opinions. On a different note, in a Continuing Medical Education
(CME) article on liposuction in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery in 2008, Ronald Iverson, MD, remarking on the topic of patient satisfaction, stated, ‘patients who were committed to a positive lifestyle change or who were already cognizant and practicing a “healthy lifestyle”…’ showed the highest satisfaction rates5
. Another study considering post-operative satisfaction
between patients who gained weight or did not gain weight after liposuction was performed by Rod Rohrich, MD, in 2004 via a mailed questionnaire6
, and concluded
that regardless of whether patients gained or lost weight after liposuction, 73% of those who gained weight and 82% of those who did not were either very satisfied or satisfied with the procedure and that given the chance,
Satisfaction score
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