title: Liposculpture. 3. Surgical technique in liposculpture.
abstract: The guided liposuction cannula offers the surgeon the advantage of making tunnels that are parallel to the skin's surface. The tunnels are made approximately 1 cm from the skin surface, leaving a uniform fatty layer that covers the deeper tunneling performed with a swan-necked cannula. Anesthesia is administered using the tumescent mixture. Vertical tunnels, parallel to the forces of gravity (when the patient is standing), are made to avoid the draping effect seen in tunnels made in a bicycle-wheel pattern between 50 to 130 degrees and 230 to 210 degrees. The vertical tunnels are important for an acceptable cosmetic result.
authors.affiliation: International Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Societa Italian di Chirurgia Estetica, Rome.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015187:Lipectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*