The rationalization of liposuction: toward a safer and more accurate technique

Liposuction, like all surgical procedures, is subject to complications and unfavorable results. Since it is a closed procedure and departs from the usual concept of surgery, its practice is, to a large extent, based on subjective intraoperative estimation. Therefore, it is liable to errors that migh...

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Published in:Aesthetic plastic surgery 1989-12, Vol.13 (4), p.243-250
Main Authors: DE LA PLAZA, R, ARROYO, J. M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Equipment Design
Humans
Lipectomy - instrumentation
Lipectomy - methods
Medical sciences
Safety
Skin plastic surgery
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
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Summary:Liposuction, like all surgical procedures, is subject to complications and unfavorable results. Since it is a closed procedure and departs from the usual concept of surgery, its practice is, to a large extent, based on subjective intraoperative estimation. Therefore, it is liable to errors that might have serious local and systemic consequences. In an attempt to improve the technique, the authors have designed new instruments: the "tunnel tracer" and the "guided cannulae." They provide the basis for systematizing the procedure and applying it in a more rational manner. With these instruments and the methodology described in this article, over the last three years we have obtained very satisfactory results and notable reduced morbidity. The advantages are less trauma, less risk, less hemorrhage, less effort for the surgeon, and greater precision.
ISSN:0364-216X
1432-5241
DOI:10.1007/BF01570357