Joseph P Hunstad | PubMed Health

PubMed2006

Liposuction and tumescent surgery.

When guidelines for tumescent surgery are followed, treatment of patients with a broad range of concerns can be extremely effective. Whether its use is as a primary technique as in liposuction, or as an adjunct to another procedure such as reduction mammoplasty, the effects of reduced blood loss, pain control, and fluid management make it a powerful tool for the surgeon. Constant awareness of volumes infiltrated and aspirated, as well as the patient's clinical status, are critical in the safe delivery of tumescent surgery.

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PubMed2006

Liposuction: techniques and guidelines.

The apparent simplicity of liposuction and the ease with which it is performed, may lull the novice plastic surgeon into overlooking the evolutionary developments that have brought it to today's level of popularity in body contouring surgery. Patients who may benefit from liposuction range widely from the thin patient desiring contouring of localized areas of stubborn adiposity to the obese patient in whom diet has failed to control weight. One of the major drawbacks of liposuction is its ability to thin, but not tighten. Reliance upon skin retraction to affect a proper outcome will only lead to disappointment, and this patient may instead benefit from an excisional-type procedure. Careful patient selection, education, and proper administration of the technique as a primary or an adjunctive tool will help deliver the most desirable aesthetic result.

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