Chiu Yen-Hao, Chiu Yu-Jen, Lee Chia-Chun, Wang Tien-Hsiang, Lee Jin-Liang
Justmake Plastic Clinic, Taipei, Taiwan.
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, New Taipei City Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023 Mar 6;11(3):e4852. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000004852. eCollection 2023 Mar.
Decreasing waist circumference has become an essential feature in modern body contouring surgery owing to the attractiveness of hourglass body shapes. Traditionally, this can be achieved through lipomodeling and abdominal musculature strengthening techniques. An adjunctive procedure for ideal shaping of the waistline is resection of the 11th and 12th ribs, referred to as floating ribs. This study aimed to report and analyze clinical outcomes and self-reported patient satisfaction after "ant waist" surgery (floating rib removal) for aesthetic reasons. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of five patients who had undergone bilateral 11th and 12th rib resections at a single institute in Taiwan in an outpatient setting. The mean lengths of the resected left and right 11th ribs were 9.1 and 9.5 cm, respectively. The mean lengths of the resected left and right 12th ribs were 6.3 and 6.4 cm, respectively. The mean waist-to-hip ratio decreased from 0.78 preoperatively to 0.72 postoperatively, with a mean decrease of 7.7%. No adverse events were reported. Generally, all patients reported being satisfied with the operation. Floating rib resection proved useful and effective in decreasing the waist-to-hip ratio using a safe, simple, and reproducible technique without significant complications. Although preliminarily, the authors' comprehensive demonstration of this ant waist surgery supports further studies focusing on waistline contouring.
由于沙漏型身材的吸引力，减小腰围已成为现代身体塑形手术的一个重要特征。传统上，这可以通过脂肪重塑和腹部肌肉强化技术来实现。一种辅助的理想腰线塑形手术是切除第11和第12肋，即浮肋。本研究旨在报告并分析出于美学原因进行“蚂蚁腰”手术（浮肋切除术）后的临床结果和患者自我报告的满意度。我们回顾性分析了台湾一家机构门诊中5例行双侧第11和第12肋切除术患者的病历。切除的左侧和右侧第11肋的平均长度分别为9.1 cm和9.5 cm。切除的左侧和右侧第12肋的平均长度分别为6.3 cm和6.4 cm。平均腰臀比从术前的0.78降至术后的0.72，平均下降7.7%。未报告不良事件。总体而言，所有患者均对手术表示满意。浮肋切除术被证明是一种安全、简单且可重复的技术，在降低腰臀比方面有用且有效，且无明显并发症。尽管是初步研究，但作者对这种蚂蚁腰手术的全面展示支持了进一步针对腰线塑形的研究。
