Body sculpturing by lipo-suction extraction.
Classical open surgical contouring and sculpturing of the body has required significant scarring with long incisions and wide depressed scars. During the last decade, a small number of European surgeons have pioneered techniques for suction lipectomy. Illouz introduced the concept of lipolysis and blunt cannula extraction. The method described herein, which is termed lipo-suction, is a dry technique. No lipolytic solutions or local anesthetic solutions are injected. The technique relies on mechanical disruption and suction extraction of adipose tissue. The instrument is a rigid blunt-ended extractor with dull apertures. Postoperative care is a significant factor in reducing the rate of seroma formation to less than 1%.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013396:Suction; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*