Kai Saariniemi

Plastiikkakirurgia W

Unpleasant attention to unfavorable fat may have harmful psychological effects in terms of body dissatisfaction. As a consequence, this may cause abnormal eating regulation. It has been noted that women interested in liposuction self-report more eating problems. As far as we know, there are no prospective studies with standardized instruments provi...

Background. Only some studies provide sufficient data regarding the effects of nonpostbariatric (aesthetic) abdominoplasty on various aspects of quality of life. Nevertheless, when considering the effects on eating habits, publications are lacking. Therefore we decided to assess the effects of nonpostbariatric abdominoplasty on eating disorder symp...

Background The application of a topical anesthetic eutectic mixture of lidocaine and prilocaine cream (EMLA) has been demonstrated as a simple method to reduce injection pain. However, the use of EMLA near the eye is not recommended in order to avoid accidental corneal irritation or abrasion. We sought to evaluate its effects on immediate and early...

Stem cell enrichment is generally believed to be of crucial importance for success in lipofilling for cosmetic breast augmentation. No comparative clinical studies have been reported to support this. A total of 18 women underwent breast augmentation with water-assisted lipotransfer (WAL). In 10 of the cases, transferred lipoaspirate was enriched wi...

Backgrounds and aims: Due to growing interest into body contouring has abdominoplasty become one of the most common aesthetic operations. New techniques have appeared to reduce the relatively high incidence of complications in abdominplasty. One technique is the tension suture technique, which can be combined with lidocain-adrenalin-saline-infiltr...

Background: There are only a few studies that provide sufficient data regarding the effects of aesthetic breast augmentation on various aspects of quality of life. Significant improvement in body image, satisfaction with appearance, sexual attractiveness, and self-esteem has been observed in these studies. In contrast, however, a somewhat impaired...

The effects of reduction mammaplasty (RM) have been proved in several randomised trials. However, publications regarding cost utility are infrequent and lacking with regard to medium-term follow-up. Therefore, we decided to assess the cost utility of RM at 2-5 years' follow-up, when later costs and possible re-operations have been incurred. A total...

Several randomised studies have proved the effects of breast reduction surgery. However, search for predictive factors has not been successful. Therefore we decided to analyse breast dimension changes and to see whether these, or patient characteristics or individual psychosocial factors have an effect on the outcome. Twenty-nine patients were asse...

Several randomised studies have proved the effectiveness of reduction mammaplasty in short-term follow-up. However, medium-term prospective follow-up studies are rare. Therefore, a prospective study was conducted to assess the medium-term results and to see whether there are any changes in the intervention effect during the first years. A total of...

Of women who seek reduction mammaplasty, up to a third have pathological degrees of anxiety or depression, or both. The psychological aspect of reduction mammaplasty is therefore an important consideration. We did a prospective randomised clinical trial to see how reduction mammaplasty affected macromastia patients' depression, anxiety, and self-es...

The loss of health-related quality of life (QoL) associated with symptomatic breast hypertrophy has been well documented. Measuring QoL with a generic, single index, instrument enables comparisons between different diseases, conditions, and specialities. The aim of this study was to measure the health-related QoL of patients before and after reduct...

Debate around reduction mammaplasty has continued due to lack of prospective randomised clinical trials (RCTs). Therefore, a prospective randomised clinical trial was designed to assess the effectiveness of reduction mammaplasty performed for symptomatic breast hypertrophy. 82 patients were randomised, 40 patients to the operative group, and 42 pat...