Christine Deconinck

Lipedema pathogenesis

Dr Christine DeconinckDr. Christine Deconinck MD

CHU UCL Namur, Site Sainte-Elisabeth, Department of Plastic Surgery

Expertise and research interests

Plastic surgery after weight loss - Silhouette surgery - Cosmetic breast surgery - Skin cancer surgery

Pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of lipedema

Research projects

   In collaboration with UNamur

  • ONGOING Optimization of human primary adipose sample (cryo)preservation, cell isolation and culture in order to characterize the estrogenic component in lipedema. Research collaboration between Prof. Thierry Arnould and Prof. Patsy Renard, UNamur; Dr. Christine Deconink, CHU UCL Namur; Dr. Morgane Canonne, CHU UCL Namur.

Selected publications

Amiel H, Coulie J, Georis R, van la Parra R, Pirson G, Deconinck C. Enhancing lymphoscintigraphic specificity of lymphoedema diagnosis in patients with lipoedema. Clin Obes. 2024 Dec 20:e12730.

van la Parra RFD, Deconinck C, Krug B. Diagnostic imaging in lipedema: A systematic review. Obes Rev. 2024 Jan;25(1):e13648.

van la Parra RFD, Deconinck C, Pirson G, Servaes M, Fosseprez P. Lipedema: What we don't know. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2023 May 30;84:302-312.

Flandroy A, Fosseprez P, Pirson GR, Berners A, Servaes M, Deconinck CR. Prise en charge chirurgicale de la pseudogynécomastie après perte de poids massive : technique de désépidermisation sur mesure assistée par lipoaspiration [Treatment of pseudogynecomastia in massive weight loss patients: Liposuction assisted and made-to-measure desepidermization technique]. Ann Chir Plast Esthet. 2023 Jun;68(3):238-244.

Hammer J, Servaes M, Berners A, Deconinck C, Pirson G, Fosseprez P. Oncologic Safety of Immediate Breast Reconstruction: A Single-Center Retrospective Review of 138 Patients. Ann Plast Surg. 2021 Dec 1;87(6):623-627.

Contact

christine.deconinck@chuuclnamur.uclouvain.be