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This study tests a surgeon-developed technique for repairing diastasis recti, the separation of abdominal muscles, during abdominoplasty (tummy tuck). Researchers will measure the gap between muscles using ultrasound before surgery and at 3 and 12 months after. The main goal is t…

This trial tests a pain management plan for people recovering from rib remodeling surgery. The plan adjusts pain medication based on the patient's own pain score, aiming to keep pain at a mild level (3 or below on a 0 to 10 scale) during the first five days after surgery. Researc…

This study follows 200 adults aged 18 to 65 who are having posterior aesthetic rib remodeling surgery to see how it affects their body image and physical, psychological, sexual, and social well-being. Participants will fill out BODY-Q questionnaires before surgery and at several …

This study tracks leg vein size in adults before and after a commercial flight of at least 4 hours to Bogota. Researchers use ultrasound to measure the popliteal vein in the leg within 24 hours before departure, within 2 hours after arrival, and again at 24 and 48 hours later. Th…

Facelift surgery repositions facial tissues but does not restore all lost volume. Surgeons often add the patient's own fat during the same operation to fill out the face, yet how much of that fat remains after a year is not well measured. This study follows 400 adults aged 18 to …

This prospective implant-surveillance cohort will evaluate predictors of breast implant shell fissure. Women with aesthetic implants without baseline fissure or rupture will undergo annual clinical and imaging assessment for up to five years. Implant age, pocket plane, incision r…

This four-group prospective study will enroll travelers who have independently booked economy or premium business/first-class flights to Bogota. Within each cabin stratum, participants will be randomized to moderate graduated compression stockings or no stockings. Bilateral popli…

This prospective cohort study will compare popliteal vein diameter changes in international travelers who independently fly to Bogota in premium business/first class or economy class. Standardized bilateral ultrasound will be performed before flight, within 2 hours after arrival,…

This prospective pharmacogenetic cohort will enroll postoperative patients receiving a standardized tramadol-containing elastomeric analgesia pump. CYP2D6 genotype will be measured but will not determine treatment during the 72-hour study window. Participants with non-normal meta…

This randomized assessor-masked trial will evaluate whether knee-high moderate graduated compression stockings reduce popliteal vein dilation during long-haul economy-class air travel to Bogota. Participants will be assigned to stockings or no stockings and will undergo bilateral…

This prospective dynamic cohort will follow women with intact aesthetic silicone breast implants to evaluate predictors of rupture. Implant age, pocket plane, incision route, surface texture, and volume will be recorded, and participants will undergo annual clinical and imaging s…

This prospective inception cohort will follow women for ten years after primary or revision aesthetic breast implantation. Pocket plane, incision route, implant texture, shape, volume, and operative pocket variables will be recorded. Standardized clinical and photographic assessm…

This prospective controlled cohort will enroll women before primary aesthetic breast surgery. Women receiving silicone implants will be compared with women undergoing nonimplant mastopexy or reduction. Standardized systemic symptom, psychosocial, quality-of-life, and local breast…

This prospective breast implant surveillance cohort will evaluate whether implant age, pocket plane, incision route, surface texture, and volume predict clinically significant capsular contracture. Women with Baker grade I or II aesthetic implants at enrollment will undergo stand…