Ethical approval
The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System (IRB No. 1455) and performed in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was obtained.
Author contribution
Conceptualization: G Evans. Data curation: N Barton, R Moore, K Prasad. Formal analysis: N Barton, R Moore, K Prasad, G Evans. Methodology: N Barton, R Moore, G Evans. Project administration: N Barton, G Evans. Visualization: N Barton, R Moore, K Prasad, G Evans. Writing - original draft: N Barton, R Moore, K Prasad, G Evans. Writing - review & editing: N Barton, R Moore, K Prasad, G Evans
Patient | Age (yr) | HIV duration (yr) | Comorbidities | Primary procedure | Postoperative complications | Recurrence | Additional procedures | Follow-up (mo) |
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1 | 67 | 30 | Hepatitis C | Excision | Seroma | No | None | 2 |
2 | 74 | 21 | CKD stage III | Excision | None | No | None | 24 |
3 | 58 | 15 | HTN, NIDDM | Excision | None | No | None | 4 |
4 | 71 | 11 | NIDDM | Excision | None | No | None | 22 |
5 | 59 | 10 | Hepatitis B/C, DM | Liposuction | None | Yes | Excision, liposuction | 60, 72, 108 |
6 | 55 | 17 | HTN | Liposuction | Procedure terminated prematurelya) | No | Liposuction | 156, 149 |
7 | 42 | 18 | HTN | Liposuction | Seroma × 2 | Yes | Excision | 31, 6 |
8 | 59 | 17 | HTN, hepatitis B | Liposuction | None | Yes | Excision | 62, 52 |
9 | 65 | 15 | DM | Liposuction | None | No | None | 12 |
Author | Year | Patients | Treatment | Complications |
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Tsui et al. [21] | 2015 | 1 | UAL | None |
Ion and Raveendran [20] | 2011 | 11 | Open neck lipectomy | Hematoma (2), seroma (1) |
Fuller [22] | 2008 | 1 | NA | NA |
Sharma and Bitterly [23] | 2008 | 2 | SAL | No complications |
Warren and Borud [24] | 2008 | 7 | Excisional lipectomy | Seroma (3), wound dehiscence (1) |
Roostaeian et al. [25] | 2008 | 5 | Power-assisted liposuction | None |
Nelson and Stewart [26] | 2008 | 46 | Fat injections (26), NewFill (10), liposuction (21), Bio-Alcamid (8), cranial suspension facelift (3) | Liposuction: Recurrence (2) |
Hultman et al. [16] | 2007 | 12 | UAL + SAL (10), | Seroma (1), ecchymosis (1), revision (2), recurrence (3) |
Gold and Annino [27] | 2005 | 8 | UAL | None |
Gervasoni et al. [28] | 2004 | 18 | SAL (15), dermolipectomy (3) | Recurrence (1) |
Piliero et al. [18] | 2003 | 10 | UAL | Recurrence (5) |
Wolfort et al. [29] | 1999 | 2 | SAL | None |
Ponce-de-Leon et al. [30] | 1999 | 1 | SAL | None |