Context and Objective: Abdominoplasty is a common plastic surgery procedure, a specialty that is not taught in our medical schools. The objective of this study was to update our knowledge about abdominoplasty based on doctors’ level of knowledge in hospitals of the city-province of Kinshasa. Methods: This was a review of the literature supported by an epidemiological survey carried out among 636 doctors in the city-province of Kinshasa from August 1 to October 31, 2023. The p-value < 0.05 was considered as the threshold of statistical significance. Results: A total of 636 respondents were included in this study. The sex ratio (M/F) was 4.05. The age group of 25 to 35 years represented 46.2% of respondents. Among the respondents, 85.8% were general practitioners, 6.6% surgeons, 3.3% gynecologists, 2.7% internists and 1.6% pediatricians. The general knowledge of respondents about abdominoplasty was good at 65.3%, excellent at 25.3% and poor at 9.4%. Their level of specific knowledge was low at 84.4% and good at 15.6%. The good level of general knowledge decreased with the age of the respondents (p < 0.001) while the excellent level decreased with their training levels (p = 0.002). Surgeons and gynecologists had a good level of specific knowledge compared to other medical specialties (p = 0.005). Conclusion: Abdominoplasty is one of the common operations in plastic surgery. Nowadays, it is complex but well-mastered. Its description, indications, contraindications and complications seem to be unknown to the surveyed doctors.
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