Seroma Rates Are Not Increased When Combining Liposuction With Progressive Tension Suture Abdominoplasty: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 619 Patients

Several studies have demonstrated that progressive tension sutures (PTS) reduce seroma. Many fear that adding liposuction to abdominoplasty will increase seroma rates and avoid drainless abdominoplasty when performing concomitant liposuction.We sought to identify whether liposuction increases seroma in PTS and non-PTS abdominoplasty.In this retrospective study, 619 patients underwent abdominoplasty between 2009 and 2017, of which 299 patients...