Tumescent anesthesia for dermatologic surgery: Cosmetic and noncosmetic procedures

Tumescent anesthesia was originally described by Klein and Lillis for liposuction surgery. Its extension to many other interventions in dermatologic surgery (cosmetic and noncosmetic) has provided a significant contribution in the performance of safe, ambulatory, and simplified procedures. To demons...

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Published in:Dermatologic surgery 1998-07, Vol.24 (7), p.755-758
Main Authors: NAMIAS, A, KAPLAN, B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambulatory Surgical Procedures
Anesthesia
Anesthesia, Local - adverse effects
Anesthesia, Local - methods
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Anesthetics, Local - administration & dosage
Biological and medical sciences
Blepharoplasty
Dermatologic Surgical Procedures
Esthetics
Face - surgery
Hair - transplantation
Humans
Injections, Subcutaneous
Laser Therapy
Lidocaine - administration & dosage
Lipectomy
Local anesthesia. Pain (treatment)
Medical sciences
Patient Compliance
Reconstructive Surgical Procedures
Reproducibility of Results
Rhytidoplasty
Safety
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Summary:Tumescent anesthesia was originally described by Klein and Lillis for liposuction surgery. Its extension to many other interventions in dermatologic surgery (cosmetic and noncosmetic) has provided a significant contribution in the performance of safe, ambulatory, and simplified procedures. To demonstrate the validity of the technique in various procedures. Over the course of 1 year all large reconstruction or cosmetic surgery was performed using tumescent anesthesia. In a total of 242 cases performed, the advantages and disadvantages of the procedure were analyzed. Tumescent anesthesia was found to be very effective in achieving adequate anesthesia for performance of the reconstructive or cosmetic procedures. Good patient compliance was achieved with no serious sequelae. Tumescent anesthesia is one the most substantial progressions in the field of cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, with advantages that by far outnumber the few disadvantages.
ISSN:1076-0512
1524-4725
DOI:10.1111/j.1524-4725.1998.tb04245.x