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Factors and barriers influencing the decision to undergo body contouring surgery after bariatric surgery

A cross-sectional study

Omar F. Neel, Hatan Mortada, Ghaida AlBraithen, Faisal F. Almutairi, Reem A. Al-Terkawi and Abdelrahman Salem
Saudi Medical Journal November 2023, 44 (11) 1145-1152; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.11.20230418
Omar F. Neel
From the Department of Surgery (Neel); from the College of Medicine (AlBraithen), King Saud University, from the Department of Surgery (Mortada); from the Department of Plastic Surgery & Burn Unit (Mortada), King Saud Medical City, from Department of Plastic Surgery (Al-Terkawi); from the Department of Bariatric Surgery (Salem), Specialized Medical Center Hospital, Riyadh, from the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences (Almutairi), Qassim University, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Surgery (Neel), McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
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Hatan Mortada
From the Department of Surgery (Neel); from the College of Medicine (AlBraithen), King Saud University, from the Department of Surgery (Mortada); from the Department of Plastic Surgery & Burn Unit (Mortada), King Saud Medical City, from Department of Plastic Surgery (Al-Terkawi); from the Department of Bariatric Surgery (Salem), Specialized Medical Center Hospital, Riyadh, from the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences (Almutairi), Qassim University, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Surgery (Neel), McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
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Ghaida AlBraithen
From the Department of Surgery (Neel); from the College of Medicine (AlBraithen), King Saud University, from the Department of Surgery (Mortada); from the Department of Plastic Surgery & Burn Unit (Mortada), King Saud Medical City, from Department of Plastic Surgery (Al-Terkawi); from the Department of Bariatric Surgery (Salem), Specialized Medical Center Hospital, Riyadh, from the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences (Almutairi), Qassim University, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Surgery (Neel), McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Roles: Medical Intern
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Faisal F. Almutairi
From the Department of Surgery (Neel); from the College of Medicine (AlBraithen), King Saud University, from the Department of Surgery (Mortada); from the Department of Plastic Surgery & Burn Unit (Mortada), King Saud Medical City, from Department of Plastic Surgery (Al-Terkawi); from the Department of Bariatric Surgery (Salem), Specialized Medical Center Hospital, Riyadh, from the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences (Almutairi), Qassim University, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Surgery (Neel), McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Roles: Medical Intern
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Reem A. Al-Terkawi
From the Department of Surgery (Neel); from the College of Medicine (AlBraithen), King Saud University, from the Department of Surgery (Mortada); from the Department of Plastic Surgery & Burn Unit (Mortada), King Saud Medical City, from Department of Plastic Surgery (Al-Terkawi); from the Department of Bariatric Surgery (Salem), Specialized Medical Center Hospital, Riyadh, from the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences (Almutairi), Qassim University, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Surgery (Neel), McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
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Abdelrahman Salem
From the Department of Surgery (Neel); from the College of Medicine (AlBraithen), King Saud University, from the Department of Surgery (Mortada); from the Department of Plastic Surgery & Burn Unit (Mortada), King Saud Medical City, from Department of Plastic Surgery (Al-Terkawi); from the Department of Bariatric Surgery (Salem), Specialized Medical Center Hospital, Riyadh, from the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences (Almutairi), Qassim University, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Surgery (Neel), McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
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vol. 44 no. 11 1145-1152
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.11.20230418
PubMed 
37926462

Published By 
Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received June 4, 2023
  • Accepted September 21, 2023
  • Published online November 4, 2023.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Omar F. Neel, MBBS, FRCSC,
  2. Hatan Mortada, MBBS⇑,
  3. Ghaida AlBraithen, Medical Intern,
  4. Faisal F. Almutairi, Medical Intern,
  5. Reem A. Al-Terkawi, BSIT and
  6. Abdelrahman Salem, MD, FRCSC
  1. From the Department of Surgery (Neel); from the College of Medicine (AlBraithen), King Saud University, from the Department of Surgery (Mortada); from the Department of Plastic Surgery & Burn Unit (Mortada), King Saud Medical City, from Department of Plastic Surgery (Al-Terkawi); from the Department of Bariatric Surgery (Salem), Specialized Medical Center Hospital, Riyadh, from the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences (Almutairi), Qassim University, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Surgery (Neel), McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Hatan Mortada, Department of Surgery, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: hatanmortada{at}gmail.com
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Saudi Medical Journal Nov 2023, 44 (11) 1145-1152; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2023.44.11.20230418

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Saudi Medical Journal Nov 2023, 44 (11) 1145-1152; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2023.44.11.20230418
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