Schwaiger K, et al. - In this retrospective analysis of 82 patients who underwent abdominoplasty, the incidence of postoperative complications in association with prolonged postoperative immobilization was investigated. Researchers noted no significant reduction in overall complication rate in association with prolonged immobilization after abdominoplasty. But the prolonged immobilization seemed to influence the severity of complications in a positive way. They observed significantly decreased reoperation rate via increasing the duration of postoperative immobilization up to 45 h after abdominoplasty. Patients leaving bed earlier showed nearly four times higher risk for a surgical revision. They recommend surgeons to consider this option especially in patients with a high risk for complication development.