Urinary continence often improved after abdominoplasty, but outcomes varied
A review of surgical studies reported improvements in urinary continence for many patients, alongside unchanged or worse symptoms for others.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
The review reported that urinary continence improved in many patients after abdominoplasty, while others described no change or worsening. This suggests a possible functional benefit in the populations studied, but the abstract does not establish that surgery itself caused the improvement or identify who is most likely to experience it.
The abstract does not describe individual study designs, nonsurgical comparison groups or confidence intervals. Its before-and-after summaries therefore leave uncertainty about causation and the precision of the reported outcomes.
What researchers found
Reported urinary continence changes
Postoperative versus preoperative status; mean follow-up was 26.92 months. Categories used each study's available data.
What the review measured
Researchers summarized urinary incontinence before and after surgery, then classified reported changes as improvement, no change or worsening. These categories capture variation in patient outcomes, rather than showing a uniform response to the operation.
Who the results describe
The surgical population was overwhelmingly female, and previous pregnancy was common where reported. Those characteristics help define the evidence's scope; the findings cannot automatically be extended to everyone experiencing urinary incontinence.
The original publication
Can Abdominoplasty Relieve Symptoms of Urinary Incontinence?
Karunaratne YG, Kim J, Fayers W et al.
Aesthetic Plast Surg · 2025
- PubMed ID
- 40903546
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